MOSCOW, September 30. /TASS/. Air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 81 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over Russian regions overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Electrical power supply to three populated areas in the Svetloyarsky District of the Volgograd Region has been cut off.
TASS has compiled key facts about the aftermath.
Scale
- Overnight, air defense systems on duty intercepted and neutralized 81 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over Russian regions, the Defense Ministry said.
- According to the agency, 26 UAVs were taken down over the Voronezh Region, 25 - over the Belgorod Region, 12 - over the Rostov Region, 11 - over the Kursk Region, and seven - over the Volgograd Region.
Aftermath
- Air defense systems thwarted a massive drone attack in the Volgograd Region. Electrical power supply to three populated areas in the Svetloyarsky District has been cut off, regional Governor Andrey Bocharov said.
- As a result of drone debris falling near Volgograd, dry vegetation caught fire, which was quickly extinguished.
- Bocharov clarified that there had been no structural damage and no casualties.
- Air defense systems repelled drone attacks in five districts in the Rostov Region with no casualties, regional Governor Yury Slyusar said.
- In the Tarasovsky District in the Rostov Region, two ground fire hotspots appeared in the Krivorozhskoye forestry, contained by morning.
- In the Chertkovsky District in the Rostov Region, field grass caught fire, which was quickly extinguished.
Airport operations
- Temporary restrictions on arriving and departing aircraft were imposed at airports in Volgograd, Kaluga, Krasnodar, and Stavropol.
- At this time, the restrictions have been removed.