Air defense forces neutralized 439 drones and 39 missiles that Russia used to attack Ukraine.
Фото: пресслужба Повітряних сил ЗСУ
On the night of October 5 (from 8:00 p.m. on October 4), the enemy launched a combined attack on Ukrainian territory using attack UAVs, air-, sea-, and land-based missiles.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported this.
In total, the Air Force’s radio-technical troops detected and tracked 549 air attack assets:
- 496 attack UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera type (drones of other types) in the directions of Kursk, Bryansk, Millerovo, Orel, Shatalovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk – Russian Federation, Kacha – TOT Crimea, about 250 of them are “shaheds”;
- 2 aeroballistic missiles Kh-47M2 “Kinzhal” from the airspace of the Lipetsk region – Russian Federation;
- 42 Kh-101/Iskander-K cruise missiles (launch areas: Samara, Kursk, Bryansk regions – Russian Federation);
- 9 Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea.
The main direction of attack is Lviv region.
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, unmanned aerial systems, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
According to preliminary data, as of 14:00, air defense shot down/suppressed 478 air targets:
- 439 hostile UAVs of the Shahed, Gerber type (drones of other types);
- 1 aeroballistic missile Kh-47 M2 “Dagger”;
- 32 Kh-101/Iskander-K cruise missiles;
- 6 Kalibr cruise missiles.
In addition, six enemy missiles did not reach their targets (location of the lost impact sites is being clarified).
Direct hits from 8 missiles and 57 attack UAVs were recorded at 20 locations, as well as the fall of downed UAVs (debris) at 6 locations.
As a reminder, Russian infidels launched a massive attack on the Ivano-Frankivsk region on the night of October 5 , hitting critical infrastructure facilities.
Furthermore, on the night of October 5 , Russian infidels launched a combined attack on Lviv . As a result, the enemy-held part of the city was left without power, and the Sparrow Industrial Park is burning.
Also in the village of Lapaivka in the Lviv region, a family of four was killed as a result of Russian shelling , including a 15-year-old girl.
The Russians also attacked an industrial facility in the Vinnytsia region .
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