Missile event in Rusanivka area, Ukraine on Mon 12th October 2026

Overnight, Russia carried out a combined missile and drone attack on Kyiv using RM-48U S-400 ballistic missiles, possibly Iskander-M ballistic missiles, and Geran-4/5 jet-drones.

Strikes were carried out on several different targets, with ballistic missiles targeting the Rusanivka area of eastern Kyiv. Large fires broke out following the strikes.

During the attacks, radars failed to detect the first missiles in flight, which is not uncommon for RM-48U ballistic missiles. The last missiles were detected by radars - these ones may have been Iskander-M ballistics. 

Additionally, no sirens sounded prior to the impacts, which was caused by a failure by American satellites to detect the missile launcher activity at their launch sites. This has happened in the past, with the most recent incident occurring a little over a week ago in Mykolaiv when an Iskander-M was launched from Taganrog.