Aftermath of Ukrainian drone attack on Russian regions, 496 UAVs downed, injuries reported
The drone attack shattered windows at a school and sparked fires at industrial facilities in the city of Ryazan
MOSCOW, November 5. /TASS/. On-duty air defense systems intercepted and brought down a total of 496 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over Russian regions and the Black and Azov Seas overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The drone attack shattered windows at a school and sparked fires at industrial facilities in the city of Ryazan, the administrative center of the Ryazan Region in western Russia, left one person injured elsewhere in the region, and damaged power lines.
TASS has gathered the main details of the aftermath.
Scale
- On-duty air defenses intercepted and brought down a total of 496 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over Russian regions and the Black and Azov Seas overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
- The Defense Ministry said the drones were shot down over the Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kursk, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Tambov, Tula and Krasnodar regions, the Moscow Region, and the Republic of Crimea, as well as over the Black and Azov Seas between 8:00 p.m. Moscow time on Wednesday (5:00 p.m. GMT) and 8:00 a.m. on Thursday (5:00 a.m. GMT).
- Air defense forces downed around 50 drones overnight over the Verkhnedonsky, Millerovsky, Sholokhovsky and Chertkovsky districts of the Rostov Region, in southwestern Russia, Governor Yury Slyusar said on Telegram.
- Air defenses destroyed 48 Ukrainian drones over the Voronezh Region, in western Russia, overnight, Governor Alexander Gusev said on the Max messenger.
Aftermath
- Ukrainian drones wounded one person in a massive attack on the Ryazan Region, Governor Pavel Malkov said on the Max messenger.
- Medical personnel are providing the injured person the necessary care.
- Drone debris also caused damage.
- Fires erupted at industrial facilities in Ryazan.
- The attack also damaged power lines.
- Some parts of the city are facing power outages.
- Malkov added that emergency response teams are operating at the affected sites and assessing the damage.
- Power restoration efforts are already underway.
- The blast blew out windows at School No. 58, prompting the school to cancel classes.
- Malkov also said private homes in the Ryazansky District had been damaged.
- A fire erupted at a building in a neighborhood of private homes in the Rybnovsky District.
- Falling drone debris damaged the fences of several private homes and a semitrailer, an unpowered vehicle designed to be towed by a truck, in a suburb of Voronezh.
- A Ukrainian drone struck a car in the Tsentralno-Gorodskoy District of Gorlovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, wounding a civilian, the city’s Head Ivan Prikhodko said on Telegram.