MOSCOW, November 3. /TASS/. Air defenses shot down 856 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over Russian regions and the Black Sea last night, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The overnight drone attack on the Moscow region was one of the largest in six months, according to TASS estimates based on data provided by Mayor Sergey Sobyanin.

Two employees were injured in a drone attack on an oil refinery in the city of Yaroslavl; the facility’s infrastructure was damaged.

TASS has gathered the key information about the consequences of the attacks.

Scale of attacks

- On-duty air defenses destroyed 856 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over Russian regions and the Black Sea overnight, the Defense Ministry said.

- The drones were shot down over the Bryansk, Belgorod, Vladimir, Kaluga, Kursk, Novgorod, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tver, Tula, Yaroslavl and Moscow regions, as well as Crimea and the Black Sea.

- The overnight drone attack on Moscow was one of the largest in six months, according to TASS estimates based on data provided by the city’s Mayor Sergey Sobyanin on the Max social media platform.

- A total of 493 drones were detected heading toward Moscow between 8:30 p.m. Moscow time (5:30 p.m. GMT) on November 2 and 7:30 a.m. Moscow time (4:30 a.m. GMT) on November 3.

- Air defenses shot most of the drones at distant approaches, while 184 UAVs were downed near Moscow, Sobyanin specified.

- An attempted attack involving 124 Ukrainian UAVs on an oil refinery in the city of Yaroslavl was repelled last night, regional Governor Mikhail Yevrayev said on Max.

- Air defenses shot down 65 Ukrainian drones over the Kaluga Region overnight, Governor Vladislav Shapsha said on Max.

- According to him, the drones were destroyed over the Babyninsky, Borovsky, Dzerzhinsky, Zhizdrinsky, Zhukovsky, Kirovsky, Lyudinovsky and Peremyshlsky municipal districts, as well as the suburbs of Kaluga.

- Air defenses destroyed 38 Ukrainian UAVs over the Tula Region overnight, Governor Dmitry Milyayev said in a Max post.

- Drones were also destroyed in the Matveyevo-Kurgansky, Millerovsky and Tarasovsky districts of the southern Rostov Region, Governor Yury Slyusar wrote on Max.

Consequences

- Two employees were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on an oil refinery in Yaroslavl, Governor Mikhail Yevrayev reported.

- They sustained shrapnel injuries and were taken to the hospital.

- The attack also damaged the refinery’s infrastructure.

- Emergency response teams are working to extinguish a fire that broke out at the site.

- Yevrayev added that drone debris had shattered the windows of several apartment buildings and private houses; several private cars were also damaged.