Oil refinery fire in Yaroslavl Region, 641 drones: aftermath of attack on Russian regions

MOSCOW, September 17. TASS/. Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 641 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over Russian regions and the waters of the Black, Caspian and Azov seas overnight, the Russian defense ministry reported.

A fire erupted at an oil refinery in the Yaroslavl Region due to a drone attack. An electrical substation was damaged by falling debris, causing power outages in four districts of Rostov-on-Don.

- Over the past night, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 641 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of the Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kostroma, Kransdonar, Kursk, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tambov, Tver, Tula and Yaroslavl Regions, as well as the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov, Caspian and Black seas, the Russian defense ministry reported.

- Air defenses shot down 65 drones over the Yaroslavl Region, Governor Mikhail Yevrayev said on his Max channel.

- At least 43 unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted in the Nizhny Novgorod Region overnight and in the morning, Governor Gleb Nikitin said on his channel on Max.

- Air defenses intercepted 23 drones over the Voronezh Region, Governor Alexander Gusev said on his Max channel.

- At least 18 unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted in the Smolensk Region overnight, Governor Vasily Anokhin said on his channel on Max.

- Air defenses destroyed 12 Ukrainian drones over the Tula Region overnight, Governor Dmitry Milyaev said on his Max channel.

- At least 15 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed over 10 municipalities in the Kaluga Region overnight, Governor Vladislav Shapsha said on his channel on Max.

- He specified that the drones were downed over the territories of the Kuybyshevsky district, as well as the Babyninsky, Borovsky, Dzerzhinsky, Zhizdrinsky, Spas-Demensky, Sukhinichsky, Khotynetsky and Yukhnovsky municipal districts, and on the outskirts of Kaluga.

- A fire broke out at an oil refinery in the Yaroslavl Region due to a drone attack, Governor Mikhail Yevrayev said on his Max channel.

- Due to the discovery of drone debris, traffic was restricted for safety reasons on the road out of Yaroslavl toward Moscow, starting from the intersection of Moscovsky Prospekt and the Southwestern Bypass.

- Yevrayev noted that drivers should refrain from traveling in that direction and the surrounding area or choose a route around the affected section.

- In addition, falling debris shattered windows in several apartment buildings.