FACTBOX: Fifty UAVs target Russian regions, leaving eight injured in Novorossiysk

The UAVs were also intercepted over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Rostov, and Krasnodar regions, as well as over the Azov and Black seas

MOSCOW, April 6. /TASS/. Air defense systems shot down 50 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions during the night, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Debris from a Ukrainian drone hit a multifamily building in the city of Novorossiysk in the Krasnodar Region, Mayor Andrey Kravchenko said.

TASS has compiled the key details of the nighttime drone attack.

Attack scale

- Between 11 p.m. Moscow time on April 5 and 7 a.m. Moscow time on April 6 (8 p.m. - 4 a.m. GMT), air defense units intercepted and destroyed 50 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

- The UAVs were intercepted over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Rostov, and Krasnodar regions, as well as over the Azov and Black seas.

Attack on Novorossiysk

- Debris from a Ukrainian drone hit a multifamily building in Novorossiysk, Kravchenko said on his Telegram channel.

- An apartment building in the Yuzhny district was affected.

- Six apartment buildings and two private homes were damaged.

- Eight people, including two children, were injured.

- All victims are receiving medical care.

- Temporary shelters have been set up at two schools for residents of damaged homes, Kravchenko said.

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