Russian drones strike Kryvyi Rih and Kherson

Russian troops attacked Ukraine with kamikaze drones and guided aerial bombs. 

Four drones were downed, but there were still impacts, Rubryka reports, citing the statements of Ukraine's South Operational Command spokesperson Natalia Humeniuk and the Air Force.

"The night was restless again. The enemy used both drones and tactical aviation for attacks," Humeniuk said. "This night, the enemy used 18 anti-aircraft missiles to strike civilian infrastructure and residential areas. Both the hospital and the emergency facilities were damaged." 

According to the spokeswoman, the drone attack was not very broad. The command believes the Russian forces probably wanted to find out where the air defense systems were stationed in the south.

"The missiles were fired from the southeast, from the Azov Sea coast. They were moving along a not-quite-usual route," Humeniuk said. "They were moving mainly through the Kherson region, but it was obvious that they were headed for the Kryvyi Rih area."

The spokeswoman added that three drones were downed in the Kryvyi Rih district, and one was shot down in the Kherson region. However, there was also a hit in one of the industrial enterprises in Kryvyi Rih.

Russian drones also struck the Kherson region, damaging civilian infrastructure  — the factories of an agricultural enterprise," she said.

What do we know about Russia's Monday night attack?

A group of Russian attack drones was recorded in the airspace of the southern Kherson region on the evening of October 1, moving toward the neighboring Mykolaiv region.

Later, an air raid warning was announced in some Ukrainian regions at night on October 2 due to the missile danger and the threat of drone attacks.

After 1 a.m., an air alert was announced in the Mykolaiv and Kherson regions. The Air Force warned about the missile danger and drone attacks.

At 1:42 a.m., airmen warned of a missile threat in the central Dnipropetrovsk region. The Air Force also reported on Shahed drones flying toward Kryvyi Rih.

At 2:15 a.m., a missile threat was reported in the central Kirovohrad region. At 2:55 a.m., an air alert was sounded in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

At 3:33 p.m., the Air Force reported that the threat had been repulsed in the southern regions.  Around 4 a.m., the alarm began to spread to the northern Sumy region. The Air Force warned of a missile threat.

Later, the Airborne Forces announced the air raid warning in Poltava, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Cherkasy regions and Kyiv.

Rubryka reported that an air alert was announced in several regions of Ukraine last night, on October 1. The Ukrainian Air Force warned of the threat of an attack by ballistic missiles and drones. With drones, the Russian army attacked Kryvyi Rih in the Dnipropetrovsk region and Uman in the Cherkasy region.

As reported, on the night of October 1, the Ukrainian Air Defense Forces downed 16 out of 30 kamikaze drones launched by the Russians.