Night drone attack: six Shahed UAVs destroyed on approach to Kyiv
On the night of 2 November, air defence aircraft shot down six Iranian drones on their approach to Kyiv; one of the Shaheds hit an infrastructure facility in Cherkasy Oblast.
Source: press service of the Kyiv City Military Administration; Ihor Taburets, Head of the Cherkasy Oblast Military Administration
Quote from the Kyiv City Military Administration: "At night, 6 Shaheds were destroyed by fighter aircrafts of air defence units and units that defend objects on approach to the capital."
Details: Ihor Taburets, Head of the Cherkasy Oblast Military Administration, reported that the Russians terrorised one of the hromadas of the Cherkasy district all night [an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories]. Air defence shot down two Shaheds, one of which hit an infrastructure target. Taburets said there were no casualties.
Updated at 10:20: Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, reported that the drone landed in an empty fuel tank in Cherkasy Oblast. The aftermath of the incident has been dealt with.
Previously: Ukraine’s Air Force reported having shot down 12 out of the 13 Shahed-136 kamikaze drones launched on Ukraine on the night of 1-2 November. Six Iranian-made drones were destroyed in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Background:
- Since 10 October, the Russian Federation has carried out a series of massive attacks on energy facilities in Ukraine, also using Iranian kamikaze drones.
- Oleksii Kuleba, Head of Kyiv Oblast Military Administration, said that if the Russian army continues to attack energy infrastructure facilities, interruptions to power and heat supply might last several weeks at a time.
- On the morning of 2 November, hourly power outage schedules were again implemented in Ukraine due to damage to critical infrastructure as a result of Russian shelling.
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