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Ukraine says it downed 181 drones in overnight attack
Ukraine's air defenses said 181 of the 210 drones launched in the attack on the night of October 22 were downed or intercepted. Fifteen people were injured in Kyiv, while one person was killed and 15 others were injured in the Kharkiv region.
The Ukrainian Air Force Command announced that 181 of the 210 attack drones used in the assault on the night of October 22 had been downed or intercepted. According to the statement, 10 drones remained airborne and efforts to counter them were ongoing.
Kyiv was the main target
Kyiv was the main direction of the attack. Air attack assets struck 32 sites, while debris from downed drones fell in eight different locations.
Iskander-M, S-400, Zircon and Oniks missiles, along with Shahed, Gerbera and Italmas attack drones, were used in the assault. Parodiya decoy drones were also involved, and 87 of the drones were powered by jet engines.
Fifteen people injured in Kyiv
Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko announced that 15 people were injured in the attack. Two 15-year-olds were among the injured, while eight people were receiving treatment at city hospitals.
A building housing an emergency medical station and six ambulances were damaged in the Pechersk district. No healthcare workers were injured.
Damage and fires in the regions
Industrial facilities, energy infrastructure and private homes were damaged in the Vinnytsia region. The regional administration said no one was injured and that teams were working to repair the damaged structures and restore energy supplies.
In the city of Kremenchuk in the Poltava region, a drone struck the building of a private television and radio company, causing a fire. A drone strike was also detected at an energy infrastructure facility in Kremenchuk district. No injuries were reported in either incident, according to preliminary information.
Warehouse buildings caught fire in the Kropyvnytskyi district of the Kirovohrad region. Ukraine's State Emergency Service said no one was killed or injured and that the fire had been brought under control. Firefighting efforts were complicated by the fire's spread across a large area and the risk of further attacks.
One killed and 15 injured in Kharkiv region
One person was killed and 15 were injured in attacks on the city of Kharkiv and 11 settlements in the region over the past 24 hours. Three children were among the injured.
A 42-year-old woman was killed and a 13-year-old child was injured in the village of Lymanivka in Lozova district. In the same area, eight people, including a 10-year-old child, experienced acute stress reactions.
A 46-year-old woman was injured in Derhachi, while a 35-year-old woman and a 5-year-old girl were injured in the town of Vysokyi. A 47-year-old man in the village of Pesky-Radkivski, a 40-year-old man in the town of Slatyne and a 53-year-old woman in the city of Izium were also among the injured.
More than 20 drones used in Dnipropetrovsk
More than 20 drones were used in attacks on two districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region. No one was injured in the attacks, which damaged civilian infrastructure and caused a fire.
The district center and the settlements of Marhanets, Pokrovsk, Myrovske and Chervonohryhorivka were targeted in Nikopol district. The Pyatykhatska settlement in Kamianske district was also attacked.
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