The key facts

  • One drone was destroyed over Tula Region on the night of November 8, with no injuries reported
  • Governor Dmitry Milyaev said that, according to preliminary information, there was no damage
  • The day before, the Russian Defense Ministry reported 411 drones shot down overnight and a strike on a bridge in Kyiv

Nighttime incident in Tula Region

On the night of Sunday, November 8, air defense units destroyed one Ukrainian drone in the sky over Tula Region. This was reported by the region's governor Dmitry Milyaev on his Telegram channel. According to him, during the drone alert period there were no injuries, and according to preliminary information there was no damage either.

Context: the scale of the overnight attacks

The incident in Tula Region occurred against the backdrop of one of the largest overnight attacks reported in recent days. On the morning of November 7, the Russian Defense Ministry stated that air defense forces had overnight intercepted and destroyed 411 Ukrainian drones over Russia. According to the ministry, Russian forces also carried out a massive strike on Kyiv and the Kyiv Region; in the Ukrainian capital, the ministry claims, the Severny road bridge was hit, which, according to its version, was being used to transfer weapons and military equipment for the Ukrainian army. Earlier, drones also attacked Oryol Region. This information comes from the Russian side; independent confirmation of the cited figures and details of the strike is not available in published sources.