Russian air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 532 Ukrainian drones during a large-scale overnight attack on October 25, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
The ministry reported that all 532 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down between 8:00 p.m. Moscow time on October 24 and 8:00 a.m. on October 25.
The drones were intercepted over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Voronezh, Tula, Oryol, Lipetsk, Kaluga, Ryazan, Rostov, Saratov, Samara, Penza, Volgograd and Ulyanovsk regions. Additional interceptions were reported over the Moscow region, Perm and Krasnodar territories, the republics of Tatarstan, Adygea, Mari El, Crimea and Udmurtia, as well as the Sea of Azov.
The most serious consequences were reported in Belgorod, where one person was killed and 14 others were injured. According to Belgorod Region Governor Alexander Shuvayev, the overnight strikes damaged 30 apartment buildings and four private houses.
The attack also caused damage to three administrative buildings, three social facilities, eight commercial properties and 35 vehicles, the governor said.
In Lipetsk, debris from a downed drone fell onto a parking lot, setting several vehicles on fire. Firefighters extinguished the blaze, and no injuries were reported.
Meanwhile, Bryansk Region Governor Yegor Kovalchuk reported that 48 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones had been destroyed over the region.