On the night of October 24, 2024 (from 21:00 on October 23), the enemy attacked Ukraine with two X-22 cruise missiles from Tu-22M3 aircraft over the Black Sea, two X-59 guided air missiles from the airspace of Bryansk region and 50 Shahed-type strike UAVs and unidentified drones from the directions of Orel, Kursk and Crimea, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Thursday morning.

"As of 8.30, a total of 40 enemy UAVs have been confirmed shot down in Odesa, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytsky, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Kyiv, Poltava and Chernihiv regions. In addition, seven Russian drones were lost locally, one in Ukrainian airspace, and two more were returned in the direction of Russia and Belarus," the report says.

It also emphasizes that "the enemy missiles did not reach their targets."

The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and Defense Forces of Ukraine.