Air defense forces intercepted 4 missiles and shot down 37 Shahed drones overnight.

Starting from 3:00 PM on November 12 and overnight into November 13, 2024, the enemy launched attacks on Ukraine with various types of missiles, guided aerial bombs, and strike drones.

This is reported by the Command of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Overall, the radio-technical troops of the Air Forces detected 96 air attack means (excluding guided aerial bombs), specifically:

• 2 surface-to-air guided missiles S-300 from the Kursk region, Russia – targeting Sumy;
• 2 cruise missiles X-101 from strategic bombers Tu-95MS, launch area – Caspian Sea, Russia;
• 2 ballistic missiles "Iskander-M"/KN-23 from the launch area in Voronezh region, Russia;
• 90 strike UAVs of the "Shahed" type and unidentified drones, launch areas – Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Oryol, Russia.

"As of 10:00 AM, the downing of two cruise missiles X-101, two ballistic missiles 'Iskander-M'/KN-23, and 37 enemy UAVs has been confirmed in Kyiv, Poltava, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Cherkasy, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, and Kirovohrad regions," the report states.

According to the Air Forces, 47 enemy drones were locally lost in various regions of Ukraine; two UAVs exited Ukraine's airspace heading towards Belarus and Russia; two more drones remain airborne.

Background. Earlier, Mind reported that the Russians launched a missile-drone strike on Kyiv for the first time in 73 days. The enemy likely used air-launched cruise missiles, ballistic missiles KN-23/KN-24/Iskander-M, and drones of the Shahed/Geranium/Gerbera/Parody type.