Overnight into November 29, Russian forces launched a combined strike on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure using attack UAVs as well as air- and ground-launched missiles.
The main axis of the attack was the Kyiv region, according to the Air Force Command of Ukraine’s Armed Forces.
“In total, the Air Force’s radio-technical troops detected and tracked 632 aerial targets — 36 missiles and 596 UAVs of various types: 596 attack drones of the Shahed and Gerbera types; five Kh-47M2 ‘Kinzhal’ aeroballistic missiles; 23 Kh-101/Iskander-K cruise missiles; four Iskander-M ballistic missiles; and four Kh-59/69 guided air-launched missiles,” the statement said.
Aviation assets, surface-to-air missile units, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of Ukraine’s Defense Forces engaged the assault.
Preliminary data as of 10:30 a.m. indicate air defenses shot down or suppressed 577 aerial targets, including 558 Russian UAVs, one Kh-47M2 “Kinzhal” aeroballistic missile, 12 Kh-101/Iskander-K cruise missiles, four Iskander-M ballistic missiles, and two Kh-59/69 guided air-launched missiles.
There were confirmed impacts from missiles and 35 attack UAVs at 22 locations, as well as falling debris from downed targets at 17 locations.
