Russian defenses down 644 drones overnight, civilian injured in Rostov Region

MOSCOW, October 16. /TASS/. Air defenses shot down 644 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions overnight, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

A civilian was injured in the Rostov Region, where falling drone debris also damaged production and storage facilities.

TASS has gathered the key information about the consequences of the attacks.

- On-duty air defenses intercepted and destroyed 644 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over Russian regions from 8:00 p.m. Moscow time on October 15 to 8:00 a.m. Moscow time on October 16 (5:00 p.m. - 5:00 a.m. GMT), the Defense Ministry said.

- According to the ministry, the drones were shot down over the Bryansk, Vologda, Volgograd, Voronezh, Vladimir, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novgorod, Orenburg, Oryol, Pskov, Rostov, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov, Smolensk, Tambov, Tver, Tula, Ulyanovsk, Moscow, Leningrad, Krasnodar and Tatarstan regions, as well as Crimea and the Black Sea.

- Air defenses downed another 15 drones heading for Moscow, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said on the Max social media platform.

- Earlier, Sobyanin said that 37 drones had been shot down shortly before midnight.

- A total of 57 drones flying toward Moscow have been shot down since midnight, according to TASS calculations based on data from Sobyanin.

- About 50 UAVs and projectiles were destroyed in Russia’s southern Rostov Region overnight, Governor Yury Slyusar said.

- According to him the city of Bataisk and nine districts came under attack.

- Air defenses shot down 27 Ukrainian drones over the central Kaluga Region, Governor Vladislav Shapsha wrote on Max.

- Another 15 Ukrainian drones were downed over the central Tula Region, Governor Dmitry Milyayev said.

- Air defenses downed 12 Ukrainian drones over the western Smolensk Region last night, Governor Vasily Anokhin said.

- Ten Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed over the Voronezh Region in southwestern Russia, Governor Alexander Gusev wrote on Max.