On the night of January 9 (from 7:30 p.m. on January 8), the Russian forces carried out a combined strike on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure using attack UAVs as well as sea- and ground-launched missiles.
The main direction of the attack was the Kyiv region.
In total, the Air Force’s radio-technical troops detected and tracked 278 aerial attack assets — 36 missiles and 242 UAVs of various types:
- 242 attack UAVs of the Shahed and Gerbera types (and other types of drones) launched from Kursk, Orel, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia; Chauda and Hvardiiske in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea; and Donetsk (about 150 of them were Shahed drones);
- 13 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles (launch areas: Bryansk region, Russia);
- 22 Kalibr cruise missiles (from the Black Sea);
- 1 medium-range ballistic missile (launched from the Kapustin Yar test site, Astrakhan region, Russia).
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of Ukraine’s Defense Forces.
According to preliminary data, as of 09:00, air defense shot down or suppressed 244 aerial targets:
- 226 Shahed and Gerbera UAVs (and drones of other types);
- 8 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles;
- 10 Kalibr cruise missiles.
Impacts were recorded from 18 missiles and 16 attack UAVs at 19 locations.
