On the night of 22 October (from 19:00 on 21 October), the enemy launched a combined strike on critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine using strike UAVs, air- and ground-based missiles, according to the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In total, the Air Force’s radio-technical troops detected and tracked 433 air attack vehicles – 28 missiles (15 of them ballistic) and 405 UAVs of various types:
- 405 Shahed and Gerbera strike UAVs (other types of drones) from the directions of Kursk, Millerovo, Orel, Primorsko-Akhtarsk – Russian Federation, Chauda – TOT AR Crimea (about 250 of them are Shaheds);
- 11 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles (launch areas: Bryansk, Rostov regions – Russian Federation, TOT Donetsk region);
- 9 Iskander-K cruise missiles (launch areas: Kursk, Voronezh regions – Russian Federation, TOT Crimea);
- 4 Kh-47M2 ‘Kinzhal’ aeroballistic missiles from the airspace of the Rostov region – Russian Federation;
- 4 Kh-59/69 guided air missiles (launch area: TOT Zaporizhzhia region).
The main target of the strike was the Kyiv region. The Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Cherkasy, Chernihiv and Odesa regions were also affected.
According to preliminary data, as of 12:30 p.m., air defence forces shot down/suppressed 349 air targets:
- 333 enemy Shahed and Gerbera UAVs (other types of drones);
- 8 Iskander-K cruise missiles;
- 6 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles;
- 2 Kh-59/69 guided air missiles.
Currently, 12 missiles and 55 strike UAVs have been recorded as having hit 26 locations, and debris from downed missiles has been recorded at 19 locations. In addition, 17 UAVs did not reach their targets (lost in location), information is being clarified. Unfortunately, there are casualties and injuries,” the statement said.
The attack continues, with several enemy UAVs in the airspace.