On the night of Tuesday, October 3, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 31 Shahed kamikaze drones and an Iskander-K cruise missile. Air defense forces destroyed 29 UAVs and a missile. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Thus, the launches were carried out from Crimea: "Shahed" - from Cape Chauda, "Iskander-K" cruise missile - from the Dzhankoy area.
"In total, thirty air targets were destroyed by the Air Force in cooperation with the air defense of the Ukrainian Defense Forces: 29 "Shahed-131/136" and 1 "Iskander-K" cruise missile," the statement said.
In particular, air defense was operating in the southern and eastern regions: anti-aircraft missile troops, fighter aircraft, and units of mobile fire groups.
"The targets were destroyed in the areas of responsibility of the South and East air commands within Mykolaiv and Dnipro regions," the military added.
