42 of nearly 100 UAVs downed over Ukraine, with air defence deployed until afternoon

Russian forces launched an attack on Ukraine on the night of 18-19 October and on the afternoon of 19 October, with the Ukrainian Air Force downing 42 UAVs and four guided missiles.

Source: Ukraine's Air Force

Details: Over 100 airborne assets were detected in the sky: 98 Russian drones and six Kh-59/69 air-to-surface missiles. 

As a result of the air battle, 4 Kh-59/69 air-to-surface missiles and 42 Russian UAVs were shot down in Odesa, Sumy, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Chernihiv, Poltava, Mykolaiv, and Kherson oblasts. 

Another 46 Russian drones had disappeared from radar, with no information currently available on whether they were shot down or crashed. 

The Russian missiles were launched from the Black Sea, while the drones were launched from Russia’s Kursk, Yeysk and Primorsk-Akhtarsk.

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