The key facts
- On the evening of November 2, 28 drones were shot down on approach to Moscow — according to Mayor Sergei Sobyanin
- On the night of November 2, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, 212 drones were destroyed over 14 regions, Krasnodar Krai, Crimea, and the seas
- On the night of November 1, 235 drones were shot down; in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, an enterprise in the Kstovo district was damaged
Attack on Moscow: the count of downed drones has risen to 28
The number of drones destroyed on approach to Moscow on the evening of November 2 has reached 28. This was reported on his channel in the MAX messenger by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. According to him, the last ten drones were shot down by the Defense Ministry's air defense system, and emergency services specialists are working at the sites where debris fell. The message was posted at 23:41 Moscow time.
How the attack unfolded over the evening
Over the course of the evening, Sobyanin reported interceptions twice: first eight drones were said to have been destroyed, then ten more. Including the latest update, the total number shot down reached 28. The specific areas where debris fell were not specified; as of publication there had been no reports of casualties or damage on the ground.
The scale against the backdrop of previous nights
The evening attack on Moscow came against the backdrop of large-scale overnight repulsions. On the night of November 2, Russian air defense forces, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, destroyed 212 Ukrainian drones over 14 regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, Crimea, as well as over the Black and Azov Seas. In addition, on the night of November 1, 235 drones were shot down — that attack affected 16 regions and the Moscow region, and in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, after more than a hundred drones were destroyed, an industrial enterprise in the Kstovo district sustained serious damage.
What is known and what remains unclear
All the figures cited come from Russian officials and agencies: the data on drones downed over Moscow come from the city's mayor, and the overnight summary figures from the Russian Defense Ministry. There is no independent verification of these numbers in available publications. It also remains unknown whether there were casualties or damage on the ground as a result of the evening attack on November 2: at the time of Sobyanin's message, no such information was available.
