On the night of September 19 (from 21:00 on September 18), the Russian forces launched 86 attack drones of the Shahed, Gerbera, and other types from directions including Kursk, Shatalovo, Millerovo, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia, over 50 of them Shaheds.
The air assault was repelled by Ukrainian aviation, surface-to-air missile units, electronic warfare and drone units, and mobile fire teams of the Defense Forces.
Preliminary reports as of 09:00 indicate that air defenses have destroyed or suppressed 71 UAVs — Shaheds, Gerberas, and other drone types — over northern, eastern, and central Ukraine.
There were 15 confirmed strikes by attack drones at six locations, as well as the fall of drone wreckage at two additional sites.
