On the night of October 23 (from 7:00 p.m. on October 22), the Russian forces launched 130 strike drones of the Shahed and Gerbera types, along with other drones, from the directions of Kursk, Millerovo, Shatalovo, Orel, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russia), and Chauda (occupied Crimea), about 80 of them being Shaheds.
The air attack was repelled by aviation, surface-to-air missile units, electronic warfare and drone units, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
According to preliminary data, as of 8:30 a.m., air defense had shot down or suppressed 92 Shahed, Gerbera, and other types of drones in the north and east of the country.
Hits by 25 strike drones were recorded at 11 locations, and debris from downed drones fell in 11 locations.
