On the night of November 8, during enemy shelling, Ukrainian defenders shot down four missiles and 62 Russian drones.
This was stated in a message from the Ukrainian Air Force.
Attack on Ukraine on November 8
On the night of November 8 (from 18:00 on November 7), Russian invaders launched an attack with an Iskander-M ballistic missile from the Rostov region, four Kh-59/69 guided air missiles from the airspace of the Belgorod region.
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As well as 92 Shahed-type attack UAVs and unidentified drones from the directions of Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Orel — RF, Chauda — Crimea.
In addition, the enemy's tactical aviation carried out attacks with guided aerial bombs on the Kharkiv and Sumy regions.
Aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups were involved in repelling the air attack.
As of 9 a.m. on November 8, the downing of four Kh-59/69 guided air missiles and 62 enemy UAVs has been confirmed in the Odessa, Nikolaev, Kiev, Sumy, Kharkiv, Poltava, Kirovograd, Zhitomir, Chernihiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Khmelnytsky and Ivano-Frankivsk regions regions.
At the same time, 26 enemy drones were locally lost in different regions of Ukraine. One — in Ukrainian airspace. Combat operations continue.
Unfortunately, as a result of the Russian Federation's night attack, there are casualties, homes and property of civilians in the Odessa, Kharkiv, Sumy and Khmelnytskyi regions have been damaged.
The full-scale war in Ukraine has been going on for 989 days.
You can monitor the situation in cities on the interactive map of military operations in Ukraine and on the air raid alarm map in Ukraine.
