Russian Defense Ministry: 1,198 drones shot down overnight, four killed in Volgograd

Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 1,198 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. According to TASS's tally based on the ministry's data, the attack was one of the largest of the year.

In Volgograd, four employees of an industrial site in the city's southern industrial zone were killed and two others were injured. This was reported by the administration of the Volgograd region, citing Governor Andrei Bocharov.

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, as well as over Crimea and the waters of the Black Sea.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that 467 drones were flying toward the Moscow region, most of them were shot down far from the city, and 144 on the approach to Moscow. Over the Kaluga region, 133 drones were destroyed, Governor Vladislav Shapsha said. More than 120 drones were shot down over Rostov-on-Don and districts of the Rostov region, Governor Yuri Slyusar said. Over Voronezh and five districts of the region, 32 drones were intercepted (Governor Alexander Gusev), and over the Tula region, 31 (Governor Dmitry Milyaev).

Falling debris caused local fires at an enterprise in the southern industrial zone of Volgograd and in its vicinity. Fires occurred in Rostov-on-Don and in the Aksaysky district of the region, where a warehouse with an area of 1,500 square meters caught fire. In the Oktyabrsky district of Rostov, windows in a five-story building were damaged, residents were evacuated and provided with the necessary assistance, and a temporary accommodation point was opened for them. In the Sovetsky district of Rostov, a production facility was damaged, the fire spread over 20 square meters, and later the governor reported that the blaze had been extinguished. Later Slyusar reported that five apartment buildings in Rostov-on-Don had been damaged in the attack. In the village of Koluzayevo in the Azovsky district, debris damaged the roofs, doors and windows of four private houses, and a gas pipe was damaged in one of them; the governor later clarified that five private houses had been damaged in the Azovsky district. In the Voronezh region, debris damaged an outbuilding and a car. According to preliminary data, there were no casualties.

The largest attack was recorded on September 20 — the last day of voting in the State Duma elections: 1,951 drones and eight missiles were shot down at that time.