S-400 missiles were launched from Russia’s Belgorod Oblast, targeting Kharkiv Oblast, while the Kh-59/69 missile was fired from the airspace over Zaporizhzhya Oblast's temporarily occupied areas. The drones were launched from Russia’s Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk Oblast.

Ukraine's air defence has intercepted 42 Shahed attack drones and a Kh-59/69 air-to-surface missile on the night of 18-19. Source: Ukraine's Air Force on Telegram Quote: "The occupiers struck Kharkiv Oblast with three S-300/S-400 missiles from Belgorod Oblast,

The Ukrainian Air Defense eliminated 42 of the 42 enemy Shaheds drones that attacked Ukraine and one guided missile X-59/69, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.

Ukraine's air force said on Thursday it had shot down all 42 drones and one of four missiles used by Russia during overnight attacks. Air defences went into operation in nine Ukrainian regions, the air force said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app nearly 31 months after Russia's full-scale invasion.

A Ukrainian drone attack launched overnight destroyed an ammunition depot in the western Russian region of Tver, a source from Ukraine’s Security Service told CNN.

Russia launched three Kh-59 missiles and 52 drones in an overnight attack on Ukraine on September 18. Ukrainian air defense forces managed to shoot down 46 of the drones, according to a report from RBC-Ukraine,