Russian defense shot down 644 drones overnight and injured civilians in Rostov region

Falling drone debris damaged production and storage facilities in the Aksaisky region

Moscow, October 16. /TASS/. The Ministry of Defense of Russia announced in a statement: Air defense shot down 644 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory during the day and night.

One civilian was injured in the Rostov region, where falling drone debris also damaged production facilities and warehouses.

TASS has gathered key information about the aftermath of these attacks.

- Since 20:00, the air defense has intercepted and destroyed 644 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over Russian territory. The Ministry of Defense announced that from October 15 to 8:00 a.m. Moscow time on October 16 (5:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. GMT).

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

Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said on Max social network: Air defense shot down 15 more drones that were moving towards Moscow.

- Earlier Sobyanin said that 37 drones were shot down shortly before midnight.

- According to Dice calculations based on Sobyanin's data, a total of 57 drones flying towards Moscow have been shot down since midnight.

- Governor Yuri Sliosar said: About 50 drones and projectiles were destroyed overnight in the southern Rostov region of Russia.

- According to him, the city of Bataysk and nine districts came under attack

Governor Vladislav Shapsha wrote in Max: Air defense shot down 27 Ukrainian drones over the central region of Kaluga.

- Governor Dmitry Milayev said: 15 more Ukrainian drones were shot down over the central region of Tula.

- He had previously said that ten drones were destroyed.

- The governor of this country, Vasilii Anukhin, said: Air defense shot down 12 Ukrainian drones over the western region of Smolensk last night.

Governor Alexander Gusev wrote in Max: Ten Ukrainian drones were destroyed over the Voronezh region in southwestern Russia.

Governor Mikhail Yuraev said in Max: Eight drones were shot down over the central region of Yaroslavl.

Governor Alexander Dronov said: an attack by three drones was repelled in the northwest of the Novgorod region.

A man was injured in a drone attack in the Aksaisky district of Rostov region, Governor Sliosar said.

- The man has been taken to the hospital.

- The fall of drone debris damaged production and storage facilities in the Aksaisky region.

- There was a fire, but it has now been extinguished.

- Windows of two private houses were damaged in Kuibyshevski district.

Falling parts of the drone damaged several windows and balconies in an apartment building, as well as a car in the municipality of Voronezh region, Governor Gusev said.

- The windows of three private houses in another municipality were damaged.

- Emergency response teams are working at the locations where the remains of the drones have crashed.

Vladimir Region Governor Alexander Ovidev said Vladimir Region was attacked overnight, including an attempt to attack heating infrastructure in the region's capital.

- According to him, minor damages were reported, but there were no casualties.