MOSCOW, October 29. /TASS/. Overnight, air defense forces shot down 1,214 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
The attempt by the Ukrainian armed forces to attack Moscow with drones, carried out on Wednesday evening and overnight, was one of the largest of the year so far, according to TASS estimates based on figures published by Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin on his Max channel.
Debris from the UAVs fell on the grounds of a factory in Sterlitamak, Bashkortostan. Minor damage was reported, and the plant is operating normally.
TASS has compiled the key details regarding the aftermath.
Scale
- Alert air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 1,214 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over Russian regions last night, according to the Defense Ministry.
- The ministry reported that enemy UAVs were shot down over the Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk, Kaluga, Tula, Smolensk, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Tver, Oryol, Ryazan, Vladimir, Samara, Saratov, Penza, and Rostov Regions, the Moscow Region, the Republic of Bashkortostan, and the Republic of Udmurtia.
- An attempted drone attack on Moscow by the Ukrainian armed forces, carried out on Wednesday evening and overnight, was one of the largest of the year so far, according to TASS estimates based on data published by Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin on his Max channel.
- According to the mayor, between 8:30 p.m. Moscow time (5:30 p.m. GMT) on October 28 and 7:00 a.m. Moscow time (4:00 a.m. GMT) on October 29, a total of 613 enemy UAVs were heading toward the Moscow Region.
- Most were neutralized by the Defense Ministry’s air defense forces at a distance, while 231 drones were destroyed on approach to Moscow, he specified.
- Air defense forces destroyed 170 Ukrainian drones over the Kaluga Region, Governor Vladislav Shapsha reported on Max.
- Air defenses destroyed 42 Ukrainian drones over the Tula Region overnight, Governor Dmitry Milyayev wrote on his Max channel.
- A drone attack was thwarted in Sterlitamak, Bashkortostan. Eight drones were shot down, Mayor Emil Shaimardanov reported on Telegram.
- Air defense forces destroyed four drones over the Ulyanovsk Region, Governor Alexey Russkikh wrote on his Max channel.
Consequences
- Debris from the UAVs fell on the grounds of a facility in Sterlitamak, Bashkortostan, according to a report by Mayor Emil Shaimardanov on Telegram.
- Minor damage was reported.
- The plant is operating normally.
Airport operations
- Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) reported that temporary restrictions on aircraft arrivals and departures - necessary to ensure flight safety - had been imposed at Moscow’s Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky airports.
- These restrictions have now been lifted.
- Two planes flying from Istanbul to Moscow turned back in mid-flight and returned due to safety restrictions at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow, a source in air traffic control services told TASS.
- In addition, restrictions were imposed at airports in Bugulma, Izhevsk, Kazan, Kaluga, Kirov, Nizhnekamsk, Orenburg, Penza, Perm, Samara, Saransk, Saratov, Ulyanovsk, Ufa, Cheboksary, Chelyabinsk, Cherepovets, and Yaroslavl.