On the night of 16 October (from 20:00 on 15 October), the enemy launched a combined strike on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure using strike UAVs, air- and ground-based missiles. In total, the Air Force’s radio-technical troops detected and tracked 357 air attack vehicles – 37 missiles (28 of them ballistic) and 320 UAVs of various types, according to the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
- 320 Shahed and Gerbera strike UAVs (other types of drones) from the directions of Kursk, Millerovo, Shatalovo, Orel, Primorsko-Akhtarsk – Russian Federation, about 200 of them – Shahed;
- 2 Kh-47M2 ‘Kinzhal’ aeroballistic missiles from the airspace of the Ryazan region – Russian Federation;
- 26 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles (launch areas: TOT AR Crimea; Kursk, Voronezh regions – Russian Federation);
- 2 Iskander-K cruise missiles (launch areas: TOT AR Crimea; Rostov Oblast, Russian Federation);
- 7 Kh-59 guided air missiles.
“According to preliminary data, as of 10:00 a.m., air defence forces shot down/suppressed 288 air targets:
- 283 enemy Shahed and Gerbera UAVs (other types of drones);
- 5 Kh-59 guided air missiles.
In addition (as of 10:00 a.m.), 18 enemy missiles have been lost, and the information is being clarified,” the report says.
Currently, 14 missiles and 37 strike UAVs have been recorded as direct hits at 14 locations, and downed (debris) at 2 locations.
The main direction of the strike is Poltava and Kharkiv regions.
The attack continues, with several enemy UAVs in the airspace.