Ukrainian air defenses shot down 82 drones of the X-59/69 type

• In total, 2 missiles were used by the air defense forces, which shot down 82 drones of the X-59/69 type.
• At 8:30 a.m., 3 missiles were deployed to intercept 82 drones of the X-59/69 type; the attack was repelled.
• The Dnipropetrovsk region, at 3 missiles, was hit by 10 people, and Oleksandr Hanzha was the one who reported it.

For more details, see Ukrinform, Ukrinform, RBC Ukraine.

In total, during the overnight attack, Ukrainian air defenses destroyed 82 drones, including the X-59/69 type missile, at the same time as the 82 drones of the X-59/69 type, according to Ukrinform.

According to Ukrinform, Russian forces launched a total of 18:00 two missiles during the attack, and the air defenses destroyed 105 drones, including Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas, and drones-launcher Parodiya.

The material also notes that drones were launched from Kursk, Oryol, Bryansk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, and Milerovo in Russia, at the same time as the Donetsk direction. The air defense forces said that they destroyed the drones.

According to Ukrinform, at 8:30, the 3 missiles were deployed to intercept 82 drones of the X-59/69 type, and the air defense forces reported that the attack was repelled.

According to Ukrinform, the Russian army fired 3 missiles at the Dnipropetrovsk region, injuring three people. The head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, Oleksandr Hanzha, reported this on Telegram.

According to Ukrinform, in Kryvyi Rih, Roziv, a factory, warehouses, a shop, and apartment buildings were damaged; a shop owner was injured. The regional police reported that a 22-year-old woman and two men aged 33 and 49 were injured; doctors said that the condition of the injured is stable.

The material also states that in Nikopol, Russian forces attacked the city; a residential building was damaged and a gas pipeline was hit. In addition, a Kamyanske attack was reported.

Crimea, the material says, was also affected: 2 Russian missiles were launched at Dnipropetrovsk region, killing three people and injuring two others.

According to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), in the second half of 2026, Russia shifted some of its large-scale missile and drone strikes toward Ukraine, for reasons that are not yet fully clear. The material also notes that the reason may be that in 2026, Russia increased the number of missile launches and changed the tactics: for example, the number of Shahed drones used in attacks increased.

The RBC-Ukraine material also cites the ISW, which says that the shift is not random, but aimed at changing the process of selecting targets, since the drones Shahed were used in attacks with certain effectiveness.

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