On the night of October 18, Russian troops attacked the territory of Ukraine with 135 drones, the Air Force of Ukraine reported on Telegram. "The adversary is attacking Ukraine with 'Shaheed' type attack and unknown type of unmanned aerial vehicles," the message says. The attacks were carried out from Kursk, Oryol and Primorsk-Akhtarsk territories.
According to the information of the armed forces of Ukraine, the air defense forces shot down 80 anti-aircraft missiles in 14 regions of Ukraine. At the time of the publication of the military report, up to a dozen drones were in the airspace of Ukraine, and two had flown to Belarus.