Russian air defenses destroyed 222 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones overnight on October 27, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. The large-scale assault targeted multiple regions and the Black Sea. In Bryansk, one man was killed and six others were injured. Authorities in the Belgorod and Kursk regions also reported civilian casualties.

The overnight interceptions took place over the Novgorod, Tver, Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Kaluga, Oryol, Tula, Voronezh, Smolensk and Rostov regions. Russian forces also brought down UAVs over Krasnodar Krai, Crimea and the Black Sea.

The attacks had continued throughout the previous day. Between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Moscow time on October 26, Russian air defenses intercepted another 37 Ukrainian drones over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk and Oryol regions, the Moscow region and the Black Sea.

The Bryansk region was among the areas targeted. Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces destroyed 44 hostile fixed-wing UAVs over the region.

Bryansk suffered deadly consequences during the overnight raid. In the city’s Bezhitsky district, a man was killed when an explosive-filled tube dropped from a drone detonated. Governor Yegor Kovalchuk reported on the morning of October 27 that Russian Defense Ministry bomb disposal specialists were working at the scene. Traffic was blocked along Yeletsky Lane and Komsomolskaya Street.

Another strike hit the city’s Sovetsky district, leaving six people wounded, according to preliminary reports. Three apartment buildings on Romashina and Lyubeznogo streets sustained damage, along with 11 parked vehicles. Emergency and operational teams were deployed to the affected area.

Bryansk region had already come under attack the previous evening. On October 26, Kovalchuk reported that a Ukrainian kamikaze drone struck a bus company in Novozybkov. A 43-year-old driver was injured and received medical assistance, while four buses were damaged.

The Kursk region also faced repeated attacks. Governor Alexander Khinshtein reported that Russian forces shot down 169 drones of various types between 9 a.m. on October 26 and 9 a.m. on October 27. During the same 24-hour period, Ukrainian forces carried out 101 artillery attacks against evacuated districts and launched nine drone strikes involving explosive devices.

One of those attacks injured a 43-year-old man in the village of Nagolnoye, Pristensky district. He received medical treatment.

In the Belgorod region, authorities recorded 134 Ukrainian attacks over the previous 24 hours. Governor Alexander Shuvayev said Ukrainian forces carried out nine bombardments using artillery and multiple-launch rocket systems. Drones were also used to drop explosive devices on four occasions. Russian air defense units and other military personnel intercepted or suppressed 129 UAVs.

The attacks killed a civilian woman in the Shebekinsky district. Seven other people were wounded across the Belgorod, Graivoronsky and Shebekinsky districts. Three of the injured remained hospitalized and were continuing to receive medical care.