Russia attacks Ukraine overnight with 96 strike drones: Air defenses neutralize 81

The attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of Ukraine's Defense Forces.

According to preliminary data, as of 7:30 a.m. air defenses had shot down or suppressed 81 Russian Shahed-type drones (52 of them jet-powered), Gerberas, and drones of other types.

Several strike drones were still in the air, and combat work was continuing.

The Air Force recorded drone hits at eight locations and debris falling at two.

On Nov. 13, Ukraine's Energy Ministry reported that over the past day the Russians had continued attacking Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Some customers lost power in the Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Rivne, Sumy, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, and Chernihiv oblasts as a result of the strikes.