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Air defense forces neutralized 439 drones and 39 missiles that Russia used to attack Ukraine.

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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