Overview

• Ukraine’s Air Force reported 87 of 112 hostile UAVs neutralized by 09:00 on Oct. 9, with several drones still airborne.
• The strike began on the evening of Oct. 8 and involved more than 70 Shahed-class drones along with Gerbera and other types.
• Launch directions were identified as Millerovo, Kursk, Shatalovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk inside Russia.
• Anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare teams, unmanned-systems units and mobile fire groups engaged the attackers.
• Twenty-two drones hit 12 locations, and Odesa officials reported five injuries and large fires affecting homes, an administrative site, a gas station and port infrastructure.