Ukraine downs 349 of 433 enemy targets, 12 missiles and 55 drones strike 26 sites
Russian occupation forces launched a combined strike on critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine on Wednesday night, using 433 air attack vehicles. The Air Forced downed or suppressed 349 enemy targets, hitting 12 missiles and 55 strike UAVs at 26 locations, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said
"On the night of October 22 (from 19:00 on October 21), the enemy launched a combined strike on critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine using strike UAVs, air- and ground-based missiles. In total, the Air Force’s radio-technical troops detected and tracked 433 air attack vehicles - 28 missiles (15 of them - "ballistic") and 405 UAVs of various types," Air Force said in Telegram.
As reported, the main direction of the enemy’s attack was directed at the Kyiv region, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Cherkasy, Chernihiv and Odesa regions were also affected.
According to preliminary data, as of 12:30, the air defense forces shot down/suppressed 349 air targets: 333 out of 405 enemy UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera type (drones of other types); eight out of nine Iskander-K cruise missiles; six out of 11 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles; two out of four Kh-59/69 guided aircraft missiles. The enemy also used four Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles, none of which the air defense system managed to shoot down.
"Currently, direct hits of 12 missiles and 55 strike UAVs have been recorded at 26 locations and the fall of downed ones (fragments) at 19 locations. In addition, 17 UAVs did not reach their targets (lost in location), the information is being clarified. Unfortunately, there are fatalities and injuries," the Air Force reported.
The effectiveness of air defense against enemy UAVs was 82.2%, against Iskander-K cruise missiles - 88.9%, against Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles - 54.5%, against Kh-59/69 guided aircraft missiles - 50%.
Recall that the previous massive raid was recorded on October 10, when 420 out of 497 targets were shot down/suppressed, direct hits of 13 missiles and 60 strike UAVs were recorded at 19 locations, and debris fell at seven locations - the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The occupiers inflicted the most massive strike so far on September 7 using strike UAVs and ground-based missiles. The Air Force’s radio-technical troops detected and tracked 818 Russian air attack vehicles, and the air defense system shot down and suppressed 751 air targets. Hits of nine missiles and 56 strike UAVs were recorded at 37 locations, and debris fell at eight.
