On the night of October 31, during Russia's attack on Ukraine, Ukrainian defenders shot down 17 Russian drones and two guided air missiles.
This is stated in a statement by the Ukrainian Air Force.
Attack on Ukraine on October 31
On the night of October 31, 2024 (from 18:30 October 30), the Russians attacked the bridge across the Belgorod-Dnistrovsky estuary in Zatoka, Odessa region.
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The Russian invaders launched two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from Crimea and eight Kh-59/69 guided air missiles from tactical aircraft over the Black Sea.
In addition, the Russians launched two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from the Rostov region at Kramatorsk.
The enemy also attacked Ukrainian cities 43 with Shahed type attack UAVs and unidentified type drones. Last night, the invaders launched drones from the directions of Kursk, Orel — RF.
Anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and Defense Forces of Ukraine were involved in repelling the enemy attack.
During the attack, air defense was in operation in the Odessa, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kirovograd, Kharkov, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Poltava regions.
In addition to the two Kh-59/69 guided air missiles shot down in the evening in the Odessa region, as of 8 a.m. the downing of 17 enemy missiles has been confirmed UAVs.
23 enemy drones were lost locally, three more Russian UAVs left controlled airspace in the direction of the Russian Federation and the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine.
The full-scale war in Ukraine has been going on for 981 days.
You can monitor the situation in cities on the interactive map of military operations in Ukraine and on the map of air raids in Ukraine.
