During the night of November 19 (starting from 18:00 on November 18), the Russian forces launched a combined strike on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure using attack UAVs and air- and ground-launched missiles. In total, the Air Force’s radio-technical units detected and tracked 524 aerial targets — 48 missiles and 476 UAVs of various types:
- 476 attack UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, and other types, launched from the directions of Shatalovo, Kursk, Orel, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russia), and Hvardiiske (temporarily occupied Crimea) — about 300 of them were Shaheds;
- 40 Kh-101 cruise missiles (launch areas: Vologda and Astrakhan regions, Russia);
- 7 Kalibr cruise missiles (from the Black Sea);
- 1 Iskander-M ballistic missile (launch area: Rostov region, Russia).
The main directions of attack were Lviv region, Ternopil region, and Kharkiv region.
Ukrainian Defense Forces used aviation, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare units, unmanned systems, and mobile fire groups to repel the air attack.
According to preliminary data, as of 10:00, 483 aerial targets were shot down or suppressed by air defense:
- 442 UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera and other types;
- 34 Kh-101 cruise missiles;
- 7 Kalibr cruise missiles.
Currently, impacts of 7 missiles and 34 attack UAVs have been recorded at 14 locations, as well as debris from downed targets falling at 6 locations.
