Saturday02 November 2024
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Since evening, Russia has launched drone attacks: Defense Forces shot down 31 Shahed drones, with an additional 13 lost in various locations.

As of 10:00 AM, the defense forces have shot down 31 Russian drones that the invaders began using to attack Ukraine on the evening of October 19. Additionally, 13 drones have been reported lost in various locations.
Россия с вечера атаковала дронами: силы обороны сбили 31 «Шахед», еще 13 были потеряны локально.
As of 10:00, the defense forces have shot down 31 Russian drone that the invaders used to attack Ukraine starting from the evening of October 19. Additionally, 13 drones have been lost in specific locations.

According to Ukrinform, this information is reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram.

During the night of October 20, 2024 (from 21:00 on October 19), the Russian army launched an attack on Ukraine using ballistic missiles from the territory of Crimea, along with strike UAVs of the Shahed type and unclassified drones. Launch areas included: Yeysk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk – RF.

Overall, radio-technical troops of the Air Force detected and escorted 51 aerial targets: 49 enemy drones and two ballistic missiles “Iskander-M”.

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

As of 10:00, it has been confirmed that 31 enemy UAVs were shot down in the Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Lviv, Odesa, Sumy, Poltava, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Donetsk regions as a result of the air battle.

13 Russian drones have been lost in specific locations, and information regarding their downing or crash is being clarified and updated.

Two enemy UAVs headed towards Belarus.

As reported by Ukrinform, in the evening of October 19, within half an hour, Russian aggressors launched two strikes with ballistic missiles on Kryvyi Rih, resulting in 17 people being injured.