On the night of 27 October (starting at 18:00 on 26 October), Russian forces launched an attack using Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles from Russia's Bryansk region and 280 attack drones, including Shahed-type UAVs (69 of them jet-powered), Gerbera drones and Parodiya decoy drones.
The drones were launched from Oryol, Millerovo, Kursk, Shatalovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia, as well as temporarily occupied Donetsk and Hvardiiske in temporarily occupied Crimea.
The main target of the attack was Kyiv.
The aerial assault was repelled by aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of Ukraine's Defence Forces.
According to preliminary data, as of 09:00, Ukrainian air defences had shot down or suppressed 257 aerial targets, including two Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles and 255 drones of the Shahed, Gerbera and other types, including 56 jet-powered drones.
Several attack drones remained in the air, and air defence operations were ongoing.
Russian aerial weapons struck 25 locations, while debris from intercepted targets fell at 16 locations.
