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Russia’s Defense Ministry says it intercepted 616 Ukrainian UAVs overnight
Russia’s Defense Ministry said 616 Ukraine-made unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted and destroyed between 8 p.m. on October 23 and 8 a.m. on October 24 over various regions of the country and the Azov and Black seas. The ministry said there was damage and one injury in the Rostov region, while no fatalities were reported in Samara.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defense units intercepted and destroyed 616 Ukraine-made aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles between 8 p.m. on October 23 and 8 a.m. on October 24.
The ministry said the UAVs were neutralized over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kirov, Kursk, Lipetsk, Oryol, Penza, Rostov, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov, Smolensk, Tambov, Tula and Ulyanovsk regions, as well as the Moscow region, the Republic of Crimea, the Republic of Tatarstan and Krasnodar Krai. UAV flights over the Azov and Black seas were also intercepted.
Damage and one injury in the Rostov region
Rostov Region Governor Yuri Slyusar said more than 80 UAVs were destroyed or suppressed overnight in the cities of Rostov-on-Don and Taganrog and nine districts of the region.
Slyusar said UAV fragments fell on a facility belonging to Rostovpassazhirtrans in Rostov-on-Don, damaging the roof and windows of a maintenance building. Twenty-one buses were also damaged; no one was injured and no fire broke out, he said.
Fragments damaged a substation in the village of Kalinin in Myasnikovsky District, leaving 172 private homes without electricity, the authorities said. Repair crews were working to restore power.
One person was injured after UAV fragments fell in Millerovo District, officials said. The person was taken to hospital for outpatient treatment and declined admission, they said.
Damage assessment in Samara and Tolyatti
Samara Region Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said no one was killed or injured during the large-scale attack targeting the region. Fedorishchev said information about the incident was still being collected.
Tolyatti Mayor Ilya Sukhikh said the city had experienced an intense UAV attack. Sukhikh said initial information indicated there were no fatalities or injuries and that damage had been detected at industrial facilities. Emergency response teams were working at the sites.
Damage in three municipalities in Krasnodar Krai
The Krasnodar Krai Operations Center said UAV fragments fell in settlements belonging to three municipalities. In Abinsk, fragments that fell in the yard of a detached house damaged its windows and part of a wall; windows in two neighboring houses were also damaged.
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