Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 373 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones overnight on October 21, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. The large-scale attack covered numerous parts of the country, with UAVs also detected over the Black Sea.

The ministry reported interceptions across the Novgorod, Tver, Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk, Smolensk, Kaluga, Oryol, Tula and Ryazan regions. Additional drones were brought down over the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, Crimea and the Black Sea.

The overnight assault followed another wave of drone activity on October 20. Between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Moscow time, Russian forces destroyed 90 Ukrainian UAVs over the Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk and Voronezh regions, as well as Crimea and the Black Sea.

The Belgorod region came under particularly heavy attack, with Ukrainian forces striking the area 124 times in 24 hours, Governor Alexander Shuvaev reported. The attacks included seven artillery bombardments and nine instances of explosives being dropped from drones. Russian air defense crews and other military units managed to shoot down or disable 81 UAVs.

Four civilians were injured in the Valuysky, Prokhorovsky and Shebekinsky districts. One of the victims remains hospitalized, while the injured are receiving the medical assistance they need.

The attacks also claimed a life in the neighboring Bryansk region. In the settlement of Klimovo, a Ukrainian kamikaze drone struck a civilian vehicle carrying three young men. A 19-year-old local resident who was traveling as a passenger died from his injuries. The other two occupants, both aged 21, suffered shrapnel wounds.

Bryansk Governor Yegor Kovalchuk provided details of the deadly strike in a post on the Max messaging platform. He said the two survivors had received emergency medical attention and were prescribed further treatment.

Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces also destroyed 218 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones in the skies above the Bryansk region.