Ukraine's Air Force: Over 4,700 Aerial Targets Destroyed in September

Ukraine's Air Force, the branch of the country's armed forces responsible for defending its airspace, said that Ukrainian defence forces destroyed a large number of Russian aerial weapons in September 2026. The data was published on 10 October and gives a monthly picture of the scale of Russian air attacks in the war against Ukraine and of the work of air defences.

The source headline states that more than 4,700 aerial targets were destroyed in September. The short text of the report, however, says that more than 48,000 drones and hundreds of missiles of various types were eliminated. The two figures differ considerably, and the source does not explain how they relate to each other. The exact scale can therefore only be confirmed from the full Air Force report.

The source gives no further details: nothing on specific missile types, the dates of individual attacks, the methods used to shoot targets down, or any damage suffered. What is clear is that the figures cover the whole of September 2026 and come from Ukraine's military leadership.