In the early hours of 10 September, Russian forces launched a massive air assault on Ukraine. It involved 48 aerial weapons, including 46 Shahed-type one-way attack drones launched from Kursk and Yeysk in Russia, an Iskander-M ballistic missile fired from occupied Crimea, and a Kh-31P anti-radar missile launched from the Black Sea, according to Ukraine’s Air Force. The attack injured at least two civilians in central Ukraine, as per the authorities.
Ukraine’s air defense systems were activated across multiple regions, including Vinnytsia, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kherson, Cherkasy, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Poltava oblasts. The Ukrainian military engaged various defense systems, including aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, mobile fire groups, and electronic warfare units, according to the report.
As a result of the counter-air operation, Ukrainian forces successfully intercepted 38 attack drones. The Air Force reported that three drones exited Ukrainian-controlled airspace, with one heading towards Russia and two towards occupied Luhansk Oblast. An additional three Russian UAVs were “locationally lost” over Ukrainian territory, meaning crashed, “likely due to electronic warfare measures.”
In Cherkasy Oblast, 14 Russian drones were destroyed, as reported by Regional Military Administration head Ihor Taburets. However, two people were injured in Cherkasy city, and an infrastructure facility in the Uman area sustained damage.
According to Suspilne, Kyiv Military Administration reported that air defenses were active in the approaches to the capital, with no casualties preliminarily reported. The heads of Sumy and Mykolaiv Regional Military Administrations also confirmed the downing of Russian drones in their respective regions.
In other non-Shahed-related incident, Russian forces attacked Poniativka in Kherson Oblast. According to the Regional Military Administration, explosives were dropped from a drone onto a regular bus route, resulting in injuries to a woman. Russian drones and artillery have been deliberately targeting civilians in Kherson city and oblast for months.
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