Ukraine reports 161 aerial targets downed after Oct. 6–7 Russian missile-and-drone attack

Ukraine’s military said Russia launched a large combined missile-and-drone attack overnight into Tuesday, with Ukrainian air defenses “shot down/suppressed” 161 aerial targets in a preliminary count, while missile and drone impacts were recorded at 18 locations across the country.

The figures came from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a post on its official Telegram channel and had not been independently verified. The General Staff said the attack began at 6 p.m. on Oct. 6 and continued overnight into Oct. 7, 2026.

In its preliminary account, Ukraine said Russia attacked with anti-ship missiles identified as Zircon and Onyx from Russia’s Rostov region; ballistic missiles identified as Iskander-M and KN-23 from Russia’s Bryansk and Voronezh regions; 48 cruise missiles identified as Kh-101, Iskander-K and Kalibr from Vologda, Kursk and the Caspian Sea; and 130 strike drones. The drones included Shahed-type drones, Gerbera drones and Parodiya decoy drones launched from Oryol, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, occupied Donetsk and Hvardiyske in occupied Crimea. The General Staff said the main directions of the strike were Kyiv, Kharkiv, Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

As of 9 a.m., the General Staff said Ukrainian forces had downed or otherwise suppressed 161 targets: five ballistic missiles, 39 cruise missiles and 117 drones. It said information on six additional cruise missiles was still being clarified.

The military said the air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, unmanned systems units and mobile fire groups. It also said the attack was still ongoing when the update was issued and that up to 10 Russian drones remained in Ukrainian airspace. Ukraine recorded missile and drone hits at 18 locations and falling debris at five locations, according to the post.

There was no independent international confirmation at the time of the exact 161 figure or of the full weapons breakdown described by the General Staff. Still, the reported barrage fit a broader pattern of large Russian strikes that combine missiles with mass drone waves, including Shahed-type drones and decoys such as Gerbera and Parodiya, in attacks that can complicate and stretch Ukrainian air defenses.