On the night of 9 November (starting at 18:00 on 8 November), Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 317 UAVs, including Shahed attack drones (105 of which were jet-powered), S8000 Banderol/Dan-T drones, Gerbera drones and Parodiya decoy drones.
The drones were launched from Bryansk, Oryol, Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Shatalovo and Millerovo in Russia, as well as Russian-occupied Donetsk and Chauda and Hvardiiske in occupied Crimea.
The aerial attack was repelled by Ukrainian aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defence Forces.
According to preliminary data as of 08:00, Ukrainian air defences shot down or suppressed 271 Russian UAVs, including Shahed drones (81 of which were jet-powered), five S8000 Banderol/Dan-T drones, Gerbera drones and other types of UAVs.
Several attack drones remained in Ukrainian airspace, and air defence operations were ongoing.
Russian aerial weapons struck 31 locations, while debris from intercepted targets was recorded at nine locations.
