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Russia launched 433 attack drones of various types against Ukraine overnight on November 1, including 64 jet-powered Shahed drones, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Sunday morning.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces neutralized 371 of the drones, including 47 jet-powered Shaheds, as of 7:30 a.m., according to preliminary data.
Aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups were deployed to repel the attack. Russian drones targeted most regions of Ukraine.
Drone impacts were confirmed at 16 locations, while debris from intercepted drones fell at another 14 sites.
More than 40 attack drones were still in Ukrainian airspace at the time of the report. At around 8 a.m., additional drones, including jet-powered ones, continued entering Sumy Oblast from Russia’s Kursk region.
Later, a large group of drones was detected moving across Dnipropetrovsk Oblast toward Poltava Oblast.