FACTBOX: Aftermath of Ukrainian drone attack on Russian regions, 430 UAVs downed

Russian Politics & Diplomacy November 09, 11:05

Drone debris struck an apartment and damaged an industrial area in the city of Kirishi, in Russia’s northwestern Leningrad Region

MOSCOW, November 9. /TASS/. On-duty air defense systems intercepted and destroyed a total of 430 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Drone debris struck an apartment and damaged an industrial area in the city of Kirishi, in Russia’s northwestern Leningrad Region. In addition, debris fell onto the roof of an apartment building in Vsevolozhsk.

TASS has compiled the main details of the aftermath.

Scale

- On-duty air defenses intercepted and destroyed a total of 430 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over Russian regions overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

- The Defense Ministry said the drones were shot down over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Oryol, Pskov, Smolensk, Tambov, Tver and Tula regions, the Moscow Region, and the Republic of Crimea between 8:00 p.m. Moscow time on Sunday (5:00 p.m. GMT) and 8:00 a.m. on Monday (5:00 a.m. GMT).

- Air defenses shot down 113 drones over the Leningrad Region overnight, Governor Alexander Drozdenko said on the Max messenger.

- Air defense forces downed six Ukrainian drones over the Voronezh Region in southwestern Russia overnight, Governor Alexander Gusev said on Max.

- Air defenses also downed drones overnight in the Millerovsky, Tarasovsky and Neklinovsky districts of the Rostov Region in southwestern Russia, Governor Yury Slyusar said on Max.

Aftermath

- Drone strikes damaged the industrial zone in Kirishi, in Russia’s northwestern Leningrad Region, Governor Alexander Drozdenko said on Max.

- Drone debris struck an apartment, leading to the evacuation of a family.

- There was no need to evacuate other residents of nearby apartments in the same building.

- No one was injured.

- In addition, debris fell onto the roof of an apartment building in Vsevolozhsk.

- District and regional emergency services are working to address the aftermath, District Head Lira Burak said on Max.

- Local authorities have established a temporary shelter for residents in the building of the local cultural center.

- A man born in 1987 was injured in a drone strike on a car in Donetsk’s Petrovsky District, the city’s mayor, Alexey Kulemzin, said on Telegram.

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