This drone was likely conducting a damage assessment. It repeatedly flew over the impact sites in eastern, southern, and northwestern Kyiv.

It was not shot down, and after conducting several maneuvers and loops around the city, flew east back to Chernihiv Oblast.

Usually Russia uses a Geran-4 jet-drone for this, so it's unclear why they are using a slower and more vulnerable Geran-2 this time. Perhaps they were baiting air defence at the same time.

Zelensky claims that Russia launched 21 missiles towards Kyiv last night (very close to my earlier report from 6 hours ago of 22 missiles), and did not mention any interceptions.

Explosions in Dnipro.

Russian UMPB-5 jet-powered glide-bomb strikes.

One interception over Dnipro.

New UMPB-5 jet-powered glide-bombs and S8000 Banderol cruise missiles are now flying to the city.

Repeated explosions in Dnipro.

10 S8000 Banderol cruise missiles and Geran-4/5 jet-drones are now approaching Dnipro.

The first ones are already impacting.

A second UMPB-5 jet-powered glide-bomb was shot down over Dnipro.

S8000 banderol cruise missile flight over Dnipro just now.

Russia has begun using a new cruise missile to attack Ukraine, known as the "Filin" cruise missile.

This new ground-launched missile has a maximum speed of up to 800 km/h, a maximum altitude of 6 km, and a flight range of 600-1200 km. It is 3.5 metres in length and has a wingspan of 3 metres.

It's warhead weighs either 50 or 100 kg, and can be equipped with fragmentation-high-explosive, penetrating, and thermobaric warheads.

This was likely that missile that was mixed up with Geran-5 jet-drones on October 16, that I reported as flying at speeds of 700-800 km/h towards western Ukraine.

The Russian Ministry of Defence issued a statement regarding last night's combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine.

In Kyiv City, the MoD claims to have struck the following:

- The Antonov Aircraft Plant, which they allege is involved in the production of mid-to-long-range drones, FP-5 "Flamingo" cruise missiles, FP-7 ballistic missiles, and FP-9 ballistic missiles.

- A warehouse facility used to produce mid-to-long-range drones, as well as "Hornet" loitering munitions.

- An industrial enterprise used to produce mid-to-long-range drones and components for ground robotic complexes.

- A warehouse used to store drones and rocket boosters for them.

- The "Southern" auto-railway bridge in Kyiv, which they say is used to transport military cargo by road and rail.

Additionally, in Odesa Oblast, the MoD claims to have targeted the port of Kiliya, which they say is used to unload and store military equipment supplied to Ukraine from Western countries. They also claim to have struck a dry cargo ship in the western Black Sea that was travelling to Chornomorsk Port in Odesa Oblast.

I can confirm that Russian MoD claim that the Antonov Aircraft Plant in Kyiv was targeted last night.

Three Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles launched from Rostov Oblast impacted it. A Geran-2 drone subsequently carried out reconnaissance of the damage after the attack.

Russian Geran-4 jet-drones struck two Ukrainian locomotives near Kharkiv City.

And the war hasn't even officially resumed yet...

You gotta love how western mainstream media, with all the connections in the world for original and exclusive reporting, can't seem to report on any consequences of Russian attacks beyond what Ukrainian officials say about civilian infrastructure being damaged.

It seems they are able to report in-depth on exclusive and interesting details from every other conflict in the world, including Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian targets where Reuters loves to constantly talk about Russian refineries being offline for a given amount of time, but never anything about Russian attacks.

Why is that? Why is it that independent hobbyist analysts like myself and others end up posting more details about Russian strikes than every single western media outlet combined?

Brent crude is $2 away from a new record for 2026.

UMPB-5 jet-powered glide-bombs are flying, likely to Dnipro.

~80 km from the city.