Russia launched a massive combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine, the third in three days, but Ukrainian air defenses shot most of the airborne ordnance out of the sky with only one person reported hurt.

The Russians launched a combined attack on Ukraine on the night of 12-13 November, firing cruise and ballistic missiles and almost 100 Shahed attack drones. Source: Ukraine’s Air Force Quote: "In total,

The attack ended a two-month pause in missile strikes on Kyiv, which had only been hit by Russian drones during that period.

The aftermath of the Russian air strike in Kyiv

In the Ukraine conflict, Russia’s Su-35—a highly maneuverable “4++ generation” fighter—has faced stiff resistance from Ukrainian forces equipped with Western-supplied and Soviet-era defense systems, including F-16s.