Russian air defense forces destroyed 604 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones overnight on October 13, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

The drones were intercepted over the Bryansk, Belgorod, Oryol, Kaluga, Tula, Kursk, Voronezh, Tver, Lipetsk, Ryazan, Rostov and Smolensk regions. Russian forces also shot down UAVs over the Moscow region, the Krasnodar and Stavropol territories, and the Sea of Azov.

Earlier on October 12, another 33 Ukrainian drones were brought down between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Moscow time. Those interceptions took place over the Belgorod, Kursk, Oryol and Bryansk regions.

The Kursk region faced sustained attacks throughout the reporting period. According to a regional operational update, Russian forces destroyed 218 drones of various types between 9 a.m. on October 12 and 9 a.m. on October 13. During those 24 hours, Ukrainian troops also carried out 44 artillery strikes against evacuated areas and launched ten drone attacks involving explosive devices.

Five people were injured in the attacks. Three ambulance workers — a doctor, a paramedic and a driver — were wounded on a road connecting the settlement of Kommunar and the village of Belitsa in the Belovsky district. All three were taken to Kursk Regional Hospital.

Two more people sustained injuries on the road between the village of Dolgiye Budy and the hamlet of Chernetsky. A 37-year-old woman suffered shrapnel wounds to her right forearm and legs, while her ten-year-old daughter was wounded in the legs. Neither sought medical treatment.

The Belgorod region also came under heavy attack, with Ukrainian forces striking its territory 137 times over the past 24 hours. Belgorod city and the Belgorodsky, Borisovsky, Valuysky, Volokonovsky, Grayvoronsky, Korochansky, Krasnogvardeysky, Krasnoyaruzhsky, Rakityansky, Starooskolsky, Shebekinsky and Yakovlevsky districts were targeted.

Ukrainian troops carried out seven bombardments using artillery and multiple-launch rocket systems. Drones dropped explosive devices on another 32 occasions. Russian air defense units and other forces operating in the region shot down or suppressed 162 UAVs during the same period.

The attacks proved deadly in the Belgorodsky and Shebekinsky districts, where two men were killed by Ukrainian drones. On October 12, authorities also received information about another man’s death in Shebekino on October 9.

Sixteen people were wounded in the latest attacks across Belgorod city and the Borisovsky, Rakityansky and Shebekinsky districts. Four of the injured were hospitalized, including one person in serious condition.

Meanwhile, Russian forces destroyed 59 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over the Bryansk region during the past 24 hours.