MOSCOW, October 13. /TASS/. Air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 604 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions overnight, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.
A Ukrainian drone attack damaged a school, two private houses and a car in the Mosalsky District of Russia’s central Kaluga Region.
Damage from falling drone debris was recorded in the city of Nevinnomyssk in Russia’s North Caucasus Stavropol Region.
TASS has compiled key details about the aftermath.
Attack scale
- On-duty air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 604 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over Russian regions between 8:00 p.m. Moscow time (5:00 p.m. GMT) on October 12 and 8:00 a.m. Moscow time (5:00 a.m. GMT) on October 13, the Defense Ministry reported.
- According to the ministry, drones were downed over the Bryansk, Belgorod, Oryol, Kaluga, Tula, Kursk, Voronezh, Tver, Lipetsk, Ryazan, Rostov, Smolensk, Moscow, Stavropol and Krasnodar Regions and the waters of the Sea of Azov.
- Last night’s drone attack on Moscow was one of the largest since the beginning of the year, according to TASS calculations based on data posted by Mayor Sergey Sobyanin on his Max channel.
- According to the mayor, a total of 417 UAVs were heading toward Moscow between 8:30 p.m. Moscow time (5:30 p.m. GMT) on October 12 and 7:00 a.m. Moscow time (4:00 a.m. GMT) on October 13.
- Air defenses intercepted most of the drones on the distant approaches, while 65 UAVs were brought down while approaching Moscow, Sobyanin said.
- Air defense forces shot down 73 Ukrainian UAVs over the Kaluga Region, Governor Vladislav Shapsha reported on his Max channel.
- According to the governor, drones were intercepted over the Babyninsky, Baryatinsky, Borovsky, Dzerzhinsky, Zhizdrinsky, Zhukovsky, Iznoskovsky, Kozelsky, Maloyaroslavetsky, Medynsky, Mosalsky, Peremyshlsky, Sukhinichsky, Khvastovichsky, Ferzikovsky and Yukhnovsky municipal districts and the outskirts of the cities of Kaluga and Obninsk.
- As many as 14 Ukrainian drones were destroyed over the Tula Region overnight, Governor Dmitry Milyayev said on his Max channel.
- Air defense forces shot down 13 Ukrainian UAVs over the Voronezh Region overnight, Governor Alexander Gusev wrote on his Max channel.
- Air defenses repelled a large-scale aerial attack on the Stavropol Region, Governor Vladimir Vladimirov reported on Max.
- There have been no casualties reported so far.
- Damage from falling UAV debris was recorded in the industrial zone of the city of Nevinnomyssk.
- Inspection of the crash sites and assessment of the damage are underway.
- Emergency services began cleanup operations.
- A school, two private houses and a car were damaged in a drone attack on the Mosalsky District of the Kaluga Region, Governor Vladislav Shapsha said on his Max channel.
- There were no casualties.
- Emergency services are working on site.