Russian air defenses shot down 142 Ukrainian drones during the night of November 6. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the aircraft were intercepted over the Kursk, Belgorod, Tula, Oryol, Rostov and Astrakhan regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Territory and Crimea. Additional interceptions took place over the Black and Azov Seas.

The previous day, November 5, Russian forces destroyed another 35 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Moscow time. The aircraft were intercepted over the Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk, Ryazan and Oryol regions, as well as Krasnodar Territory and Crimea.

The Belgorod region came under particularly intense attacks. Governor Alexander Shuvaev reported that Ukrainian forces had struck the region 109 times over the past 24 hours. The attacks targeted Belgorod itself and nine districts: Belgorodsky, Borisovsky, Valuysky, Volokonovsky, Grayvoronsky, Krasnoyaruzhsky, Novooskolsky, Rakityansky and Shebekinsky.

Ukrainian troops carried out nine strikes using artillery and multiple launch rocket systems. Drones were also used to drop explosive devices on five occasions. Russian air defense crews and other military units involved in repelling the attacks destroyed or suppressed a total of 113 UAVs.

The governor also confirmed the death of a civilian who had suffered severe injuries in a Ukrainian drone strike on October 25. The attack hit a commercial facility in the Belgorodsky district. The wounded man was hospitalized but later died from his injuries. Shuvaev offered condolences to his family.

Three other civilians were injured in Ukrainian attacks on the Shebekinsky district. One of them remains hospitalized and is receiving medical treatment.

Meanwhile, Russian forces intercepted five Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over the Bryansk region during the past 24 hours, Governor Yegor Kovalchuk reported. The interceptions involved Russian Defense Ministry air defense units, mobile fire teams from the BARS-Bryansk brigade and the Bryansk Transport Police Department, along with special units of the regional National Guard.