{"id":1443737,"date":"2026-09-24T10:44:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T07:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/russia-attacked-ukraine-overnight-with-tsirkon-missiles-ballistic-missiles-and-drones-air-defenses-shot-down-227-targets\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T10:44:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T07:44:37","slug":"russia-attacked-ukraine-overnight-with-tsirkon-missiles-ballistic-missiles-and-drones-air-defenses-shot-down-227-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/russia-attacked-ukraine-overnight-with-tsirkon-missiles-ballistic-missiles-and-drones-air-defenses-shot-down-227-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with Tsirkon missiles, ballistic missiles, and drones: air defenses shot down 227 targets."},"content":{"rendered":"

On the night of September 24, Russian forces launched a massive combined arms attack on Ukraine, employing anti-ship and ballistic missiles, as well as 282 attack drones of various types. Air defense forces shot down or suppressed 227 aerial targets.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ukrainian Air Force reported<\/a> this.<\/p>\n

The attack began around 6:00 PM on September 23. Russian forces launched four Zircon anti-ship missiles from the Kursk, Rostov, and Oryol regions of the Russian Federation, as well as Iskander-M, S-400, and KN-23 ballistic missiles from the Kursk and Bryansk regions.<\/p>\n

In addition, Russia used 282 attack UAVs, including the Shahed, including jet-powered Gerbera, Banderol\/Dan-T missile-destroying UAVs, and Parodiya drone imitators.<\/p>\n

The drones were launched from the areas of Orel, Millerovo, Shatalovo, Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, as well as the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk region and Crimea and the waters of the Sea of Azov.<\/p>\n

The main directions of the attack were Odessa and Kyiv.<\/p>\n

As of 08:00, air defense forces destroyed or suppressed:<\/p>\n