On the night of May 14 (starting from 18:00 on May 13), immediately after a massive daytime drone strike (nearly 800 UAVs), the Russian forces continued its assault, launching a combined attack on Ukraine using strike UAVs as well as air- and ground-launched missiles.
The main target of the attack was Kyiv.
In total, the Air Force’s radio-technical troops detected and tracked 731 aerial attack assets — 56 missiles and 675 UAVs:
- 3 Kh-47 “Kinzhal” aeroballistic missiles (launched from Russia’s Lipetsk region);
- 18 Iskander-M / S-400 ballistic missiles (launched from the Bryansk and Kursk regions);
- 35 Kh-101 cruise missiles (launched from Russia’s Vologda region);
- 675 strike UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, and Italmas types, two “Banderol” loitering munitions, and “Parodiya” decoy drones (launched from the directions of Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia, as well as Hvardiiske, Chauda, and the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea).
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
According to preliminary data, as of 08:00, Ukraine’s air defense had shot down or suppressed 693 targets — 41 missiles and 652 UAVs of various types:
- 29 Kh-101 cruise missiles;
- 12 Iskander-M / S-400 ballistic missiles;
- 652 UAVs of various types.
Hits by 15 missiles and 23 strike UAVs were recorded at 24 locations. In addition, debris from downed UAVs fell at 18 locations.
