IN BRIEF: Ukraine swarms Russian regions with 355 UAVs, causing casualties in Ryazan
Two multi-story residential buildings were also damaged as a result of the attack on Ryazan
MOSCOW, May 15. /TASS/. Air defense systems shot down 355 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
Four people, including a child, were killed as a result of the Ukrainian attack on the Ryazan Region.
TASS has compiled the main information on the consequences.
Scale
- Between 11:00 p.m. Moscow time (8:00 p.m. GMT) on May 14 and 7:00 a.m. Moscow time (4:00 a.m. GMT) on May 15, duty air defense facilities intercepted and destroyed 355 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over Russian regions, the Defense Ministry reported.
- According to the ministry, the UAVs were shot down over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Pskov, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tambov, Tver, and Tula Regions, the Moscow Region, the Republic of Crimea, the Republic of Kalmykia, Krasnodar Region, as well as the waters of the Azov and Caspian Seas.
- Air defense forces destroyed nine Ukrainian drones over the Tula Region, Governor Dmitry Milyaev reported on Max.
- Air defenses destroyed 18 Ukrainian drones over three cities and five districts of the Voronezh Region, Governor Alexander Gusev reported on Max.
- Air defenses shot down more than 40 drones in Taganrog and 11 districts of the Rostov Region while repelling a massive air attack by the Ukrainian armed forces, Governor Yury Slyusar reported on Max.
- Air defenses intercepted five Ukrainian drones over the Kaluga Region in the evening of May 14 and overnight to May 15, Governor Vladislav Shapsha reported on Max.
- Air defenses detected and intercepted 13 enemy fixed-wing UAVs over the Bryansk Region overnight, the regional emergency response center reported on its Telegram channel.
Consequences
- The Kiev regime attacked Ryazan, killing three people, Ryazan Region Governor Pavel Malkov reported on Max.
- Another 12 people, including children, were injured.
- Later, the press service of the Russian Investigative Committee reported that four people, including a minor, were killed in the attack on the Ryazan Region.
- According to the Investigative Committee, at least 12 civilians were injured.
- Two multi-story residential buildings were also damaged as a result of the attack on Ryazan.
- In addition, UAV debris fell on the territory of an industrial enterprise.
- The damaged facilities are being cleared of debris.
- Residents have been evacuated, and temporary shelters have been set up.
- The head of the region added that emergency services are working at the scene, and the aftermath of the attack is being dealt with.
- Social services and relevant agencies have been instructed to provide the families of the killed and injured in the attack with any necessary assistance.
- The Ryazan Region Prosecutor’s Office is making sure the rights of those affected by the Ukrainian armed forces’ attack on Ryazan are being protected, the Prosecutor’s Office press service reported.
- Classes and lessons in schools and kindergartens in the Oktyabrsky district of Ryazan have been canceled following the UAV attack.
- For parents who have no one to look after their children, assistance groups will be formed at schools and kindergartens.
- Seven people injured in the drone attack in Ryazan are undergoing treatment at hospitals, including four children and two adults in serious condition, according to Alexey Kuznetsov, an aide to the Russian Health Minister.
- Kuznetsov added that telemedicine consultations are underway with specialists from federal medical centers.
- Rescuers have contained a fire at an industrial facility in Ryazan that broke out after a drone attack, the regional emergency response center reported.
- The Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case under Part 3, Article 205 of the Russian Criminal Code (Terrorist Act).
- Investigators and forensic experts are examining the crime scenes, collecting CCTV footage, and questioning eyewitnesses and those injured.
- Forensic examinations have been ordered to determine the severity of the injuries sustained by the persons affected by the attack.
- The Investigative Committee emphasized that the investigation will provide a legal assessment of the actions of the Ukrainian military personnel involved in this crime.
- A private household in the Fokinsky district of Bryansk was damaged as a result of a drone attack; there were no casualties, the regional emergency response center reported on Telegram.
- Emergency services are working at the scene.