Russian forces used 81 Shahed strike drones and unidentified drones, as well as a guided air-launched missile Kh-31P, in their attack on Ukraine. As of 9 a.m. on Oct. 23, Ukraine’s air defense had shot down 57 Russian drones. Read also: Explosions rock Cherkasy amid Russian drone attacks The aggressor state is conducting nighttime drone attacks on Ukraine. In Odesa Oblast, Russian forces launched a missile strike using a Kh-31P missile from the Black Sea. Air defense systems were active in 12 oblasts: Odesa, Mykolaiv, Vinnytsia, Sumy, Cherkasy, Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil, Kirovohrad, Kyiv, Poltava…