Russian forces launch night attack on Kyiv and Odesa region: 23 rockets and drones downed

On Wednesday night of September 6, the Russian army attacked Ukrainian regions with missiles and drones, firing a total of 33 aerial targets.

Rubryka reports, citing the statement of Ukraine's Air Force, that the Air Defense Forces destroyed 23.

The 33 Russian aerial targets recorded in the Ukrainian sky included:

• Seven Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 air-launched missiles fired from nine Tu-95ms strategic aircraft from the Engels area;
• One Iskander-M ballistic missile;
• 25 Shahed-136/131 attack drones were launched from the south-eastern and southern directions (Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Chauda).

As reported by the Air Force, the anti-aircraft defense was working along the tracking route of the missiles and drones.

The Air Force reported that anti-aircraft missile forces, fighter jets, mobile fire groups, and other means were involved in repelling the air attack.

The Air Force's air defense forces, in cooperation with the Air Defense Forces of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, destroyed 23 air targets:

• Seven Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 cruise missiles;
• One Iskander-M ballistic missile;
• 15 Shahed-136/131 attack drones.

The Air Force jets also carried out up to ten group airstrikes on the objects and positions of the Russian occupiers over the past day.

Rubryka reported that on September 4, Russian invaders attacked Ukraine with 32 Shahed-136/131 attack drones. Air defense forces downed 23 of them.

What we know about Russian attacks on September 6

On the night of September 6, Ukraine's Air Force warned about the threat of Shakhed drone attacks in the southern Odesa region.

"Movement of Shahed drones toward the south of the Odesa region. Izmail district, stay in shelters!" the Air Force said in a statement.

Later, Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, reported that Russian invaders attacked the Izmail district of the Odesa region with strike drones, killing a person and causing destruction. As the head of the region reported, the Russian drone attack on the Izmail district lasted for more than 3 hours. Kiper also reported destruction and fires in several settlements. According to him, the attack damaged the port and agricultural infrastructure facilities: elevators, administrative buildings, and agricultural enterprises.

In the morning, the Air Force reported about the launch of cruise missiles from the Russian Tu-95MS jets from the northeast. The airmen stressed that Russian missiles, having entered the airspace of Ukraine, began to maneuver and often change their trajectory. Later, all rockets flying to different regions of the country were turned towards Kyiv.

Anti-aircraft defense was activated in the capital. All targets were downed. Later, the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Serhii Popko, said that there was another attack on Kyiv, which was a combined attack: the Russian invaders used cruise missiles of the X-101/555/55 type and missiles of another type, likely ballistic.

The head of the military administration believes another Russian missile attack on the peaceful capital was "to kill the civilian population and destroy the infrastructure."