Overnight into 23 October, the Russian troops once again attacked the south of Ukraine with Iranian-made Shahed-136 loitering munitions also known as kamikaze attack drones.
The Ukrainian Air Force Command reported that the Air Command (AC) South's air defenses shot down 11 Shaheds in Mykolaiv Oblast while three more Shahed-136s were shot down by other units of the Southern Defense Forces.
Anti-aircraft gunners of the air East and Center commands finished off two more loitering munitions, which managed to break through the southern defenses, in Ukraine's east and north.
The Zaporizhzhia city administration reported that one more kamikaze drone hit a public building in the city:
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It costs Ukraine roughly 2x more to down Shahed-136 drones than for Russia to send them
Russia spent $11.7-$17.9 mn to launch
them during 13 Sept-17 Oct. Ukraine spent $28.1 mn to down them with MiG-29 jets, C-300 missiles, Nasams & small-arms firehttps://t.co/vkfW1aKD3A pic.twitter.com/Q2kOOHW8Zw— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) October 21, 2022
