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        Russia launches missiles and 113 drones at Ukraine: how many were intercepted

        Ukrainian troops launch rockets / Photo: 23rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
        Ukrainian troops launch rockets / Photo: 23rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

        On the night of October 30, Russia attacked Ukraine with ballistic and guided air-launched missiles, as well as 113 attack drones. As of 7:30 a.m., Ukrainian air defense forces had shot down or suppressed 99 aerial targets.

        The Ukrainian Air Force reported this.

        The Russian forces used Iskander-M/S-400/KN-23 ballistic missiles launched from the Voronezh, Kursk and Bryansk regions of Russia, four Kh-59/69 guided air-launched missiles from the Belgorod region, as well as 113 Shahed and Gerbera attack UAVs and Parodiya decoy drones.

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        Of the 113 drones, 83 were jet-powered.

        The main targets of the attack were the Kyiv, Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

        The aerial 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 three Kh-59/69 guided air-launched missiles and 96 drones, including 71 jet-powered UAVs.

        Several attack drones were still in the air at the time of publication, and combat operations were continuing.

        Russian aerial weapons struck 17 locations, while debris from intercepted targets fell at five locations.


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