The key facts

  • The Russian Defense Ministry reported 28 destroyed drones over four regions between 8:00 and 20:00 Moscow time
  • On the night of November 7, the Saratov region came under a massive attack, with residential buildings damaged
  • Earlier, drone debris caused a fire at an enterprise in Afipsky, Krasnodar region

Defense Ministry's daily report

Duty air defense systems destroyed 28 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over Russian regions, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported in the Max messenger. According to the ministry, the drones were shot down between 8:00 and 20:00 Moscow time over the territories of Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk and Oryol regions. The report was cited by Gazeta.Ru.

Attacks on other regions the day before

On the night of November 7, the Saratov region came under a massive attack by Ukrainian drones. Governor Roman Busargin reported damage to civilian infrastructure and possible casualties; it later became known that in Saratov several residential buildings were hit. Earlier, debris from drones that attacked the Krasnodar region caused a fire on the premises of one of the enterprises in the settlement of Afipsky — residents told the media that the attack lasted all night. Gazeta.Ru compiled the details of the raid's consequences in a separate article.

Context

The figures cited come from Russian officials and agencies; the available publications contain no independent confirmation of the number of drones shot down or the scale of the damage. Also, earlier former Ukrainian deputy Oleksiy Miroshnyk reacted to the Ukrainian armed forces' strike on a bus in the LNR.