Air defense downs 83 drones and 2 Iskander missiles in overnight attacks on Ukraine

December 11, 2025

The Odessa Journal

On the night of December 11 (from 7:00 PM on December 10), the Rusian forces carried out a combined strike on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure using strike drones and ground-launched missiles.

In total, Ukraine’s Air Force radar troops detected and tracked 154 aerial attack assets, including:

  • 3 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles (launch areas – Kursk region, Russia);
  • 151 strike drones of the Shahed and Gerbera types (about 120 of them Shaheds) from the directions of Kursk, Oryol, Shatalovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk – Russia, and Hvardijske, Chauda –  occupied Crimea.

The main target of the strike was Kremenchuk in Poltava region. Odessa region and frontline territories were also attacked.

The air assault was repelled by aviation, surface-to-air missile units, electronic warfare and drone units, and mobile fire groups of Ukraine’s Defense Forces.

According to preliminary data, as of 10:00 AM, air defense systems shot down/suppressed 85 aerial targets:

  • 83 drones of Shahed and Gerbera types (and other drones);
  • 2 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles.

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