MOSCOW, November 13. /TASS/. Air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 1,198 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions overnight, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.

Four employees of an industrial facility in Russia’s southern city of Volgograd were killed and two others sustained injuries in a Ukrainian drone attack on the region.

An overnight aerial attack damaged five apartment buildings in the city of Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia.

TASS has compiled the main information on the aftermath.

Attack scale

- On-duty air defense systems intercepted and destroyed a total of 1,198 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) between 8:00 p.m. Moscow time (5:00 p.m. GMT) on November 12 and 8:00 a.m. Moscow time (5:00 a.m. GMT) on November 13, Russia’s Defense Ministry said.

- According to the ministry, drones were shot down over the Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Saratov, Smolensk, Tver, Tula and Moscow Regions, the Republic of Crimea and the waters of the Black Sea.

- The overnight Ukrainian drone attack was among the largest of the year, according to TASS calculations based on the data of the Russian Defense Ministry.

- The largest Ukrainian drone attack on Russia was recorded on September 20, the last day of voting at the elections to the State Duma (the lower house of Russia’s parliament), when air defenses intercepted and destroyed 1,951 Ukrainian UAVs and eight missiles.

- A total of 467 drones were heading toward the Moscow Region between 6:00 p.m. Moscow time (3:00 p.m. GMT) on November 12 and 8:00 a.m. Moscow time (5:00 a.m. GMT) on November 13, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said on his Max channel.

- Air defenses intercepted most of the drones far from the city, while 144 UAVs were brought down as they approached Moscow, Sobyanin noted.

- Air defenses shot down 133 Ukrainian UAVs over the Kaluga Region, Governor Vladislav Shapsha said on Max.

- More than 120 drones were destroyed overnight over the city of Rostov-on-Don and the Matveyevo-Kurgansky, Bokovsky, Kamensky, Tarasovsky, Millerovsky, Tatsinsky, Ust-Donetsky, Azovsky, Sholokhovsky and Chertkovsky Districts of the Rostov Region, Governor Yury Slyusar said on his Max channel.

- Air defense systems intercepted 32 Ukrainian drones over the city of Voronezh and five districts of the region, Governor Alexander Gusev wrote on his Max channel.

- Air defenses shot down 31 Ukrainian drones over the Tula Region overnight, Governor Dmitry Milyayev reported on Max.

Aftermath in Volgograd Region

- Falling drone debris caused localized fires at an enterprise in the southern industrial zone of the city of Volgograd and in the surrounding area, the regional administration said, citing Governor Andrey Bocharov.

- It later became known that the drone attack killed four employees of Volgograd’s southern industrial zone.

- Two people were hospitalized.

Situation in Rostov Region

- Falling UAV debris caused fires in Rostov-on-Don and in the Aksaysky District of the region, Governor Yury Slyusar said on his Max channel.

- A fire broke out at a warehouse spanning 1,500 square meters in the Aksaysky District.

- Windows were damaged in a five-story building in the Oktyabrsky District.

- There were no casualties.

- The building’s residents were evacuated and are receiving the necessary assistance.

- Three cars also caught fire.

- A production facility was damaged in the Sovetsky District of Rostov-on-Don.

- A fire spread over an area of 20 square meters.

- There were no casualties.

- Emergency services are operating at the scene.

- Slyusar later said that the blaze had been put out.

- In addition, falling drone debris damaged the roof, doors and windows of four private houses in the settlement of Koluzayevo in the Azovsky District.

- A gas pipe was damaged in one of the houses.

- No one was hurt and no fire broke out.

- Emergency services have been dispatched to the scene.

- Slyusar later added that an aerial attack damaged five apartment buildings in Rostov-on-Don.

- A temporary accommodation center has been opened for residents of the apartment building in the city’s Oktyabrsky District damaged in the UAV attack.

- A total of five private houses were damaged in the Azovsky District of the Rostov Region, the governor added.

Other regions

- Falling drone debris damaged an outbuilding and a car in the Voronezh Region, Governor Alexander Gusev said on his Max channel.

- According to preliminary data, there were no casualties.