Russian Ministry of Defense reported the destruction of 496 Ukrainian drones on the night of November 5

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, from 20:00 Moscow time on November 4 to 08:00 Moscow time on November 5, air defense forces intercepted 496 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over 15 Russian territories and the waters of the Azov and Black Seas. Life.ru also provides figures for the previous days.

Aziz KarimovFirst published on tafs uz 5 November 2026 at 10:432 min read

The key facts

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported 496 downed UAVs on the night of November 5
The attacks were repelled over 15 territories and two seas
On previous days the ministry reported 709 and 972 intercepts

Nighttime attacks: 496 drones intercepted

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that on the night of November 5, air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 496 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones. The report was published on the ministry's official channel in MAX, and it is cited by Life.ru and Gazeta.Ru. According to the Ministry of Defense, air defense crews were on duty from 20:00 Moscow time on November 4 until 08:00 Moscow time on November 5.

Where air defense operated

According to the ministry's report, the air attacks were repelled over 15 Russian territories and the waters of two seas. The list includes the Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kursk, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Tambov and Tula regions, as well as the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai and the Republic of Crimea. Some of the drones, according to the Ministry of Defense, were intercepted over the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.

Dynamics over several days

The Ministry of Defense figures cited by Life.ru show that the scale of the nighttime attacks varies from day to day: on the night of November 4, the ministry reported the destruction of 709 drones, the following day it reported 972 intercepted UAVs, and on the night of November 5 — 496. At the same time, according to these same reports, the geography of the attacks remained similar: 15 territories and two seas. Separately, Life.ru mentions Yevrayev's statement that the oil refinery in Yaroslavl was damaged in a raid by 124 drones; the Ministry of Defense report itself for the night of November 5, based on the published materials, does not specify the consequences of the attacks.