On the night of October 27, Russia attacked Ukraine with ballistic missiles and 280 drones, including 69 jet-powered Shahed UAVs. Kyiv was the main target of the attack, while Ukrainian air defenses had shot down or suppressed 257 aerial targets as of 09:00.
This was reported by the Ukrainian Air Force.
Russian forces used Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles launched from Russia’s Bryansk Oblast, as well as Shahed attack drones, Gerbera UAVs and Parodiya decoy drones.
The drones were launched from the areas of Oryol, Millerovo, Kursk, Shatalovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia, as well as from occupied Donetsk and Hvardiiske in Crimea.
The attack was repelled by aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, as well as mobile fire groups of Ukraine’s Defense Forces.
According to preliminary data, air defenses shot down or suppressed:
- 2 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles;
- 255 Shahed, Gerbera and other types of drones.
Among the destroyed or suppressed drones, 56 were jet-powered.
Several attack drones were still in the air as of 09:00, and combat operations were continuing.
The Air Force recorded impacts from Russian aerial attack weapons at 25 locations. Debris from intercepted targets fell at another 16 locations.
