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Ukraine’s air defenses shot down or suppressed 87 of 107 drones
Ukraine’s air defenses shot down or suppressed 87 of 107 drones launched against the country during attacks overnight on October 1. Two people were killed and 12 were injured or suffered trauma in the Sumy region, while fatalities and damage were also reported in Dnipro, Odesa and Kyiv.
Two people were killed and 12 were injured or suffered trauma in overnight attacks in Ukraine’s Sumy region. A civilian was killed in the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, while an infrastructure facility was damaged and one person was injured in Odesa.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said 87 of 107 drones of various types launched against the country overnight on October 1 were shot down by air defense systems or suppressed using electronic warfare systems. The attack began at 6 p.m. on September 30.
The attack involved Shahed and Gerbera drones, as well as Parodi decoy drones. According to the statement, 63 of the drones were jet-powered unmanned aerial vehicles. The Air Force said impacts were recorded at 11 locations, while debris from downed targets fell at four locations.
Mortar and air bomb attacks in Sumy
Ukraine’s National Police said two people were killed and five were injured in a mortar attack on the Seredyna-Buda settlement community. Six people were injured in guided aerial bomb attacks on the Sumy settlement community, while another person was injured in a drone attack.
Impact of the attacks in Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa
Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, announced that a civilian was killed in the Nikopol district. Hanzha said the settlement communities of Nikopol, Marhanets, Pokrovsk and Chervonohryhorivka were targeted by more than 10 drone attacks.
An infrastructure facility was damaged during the overnight attack in Odesa. Emergency medical teams treated one injured person at the scene.
Fires broke out in two districts of Kyiv
Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said a drone fell onto the grounds of a non-residential complex in the capital’s Pechersk district. Emergency crews were dispatched to the scene.
Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said one person was injured and fires broke out in two districts during the attack on Kyiv. In the Solomianskyi district, part of the first floor of a 16-story residential building and nearby parked vehicles caught fire. The fire covering 80 square meters was extinguished.
A large fire broke out at a warehouse in the Obolonskyi district. Crews extinguished the fire, and one of the injured was handed over to medical personnel. The air attack continued in the morning.
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