The key facts
- Air defense shot down 21 drones over Kaluga Region on the evening of October 20 and overnight into October 21.
- The attack affected ten municipal territories of the region.
- According to preliminary data, there are no casualties or infrastructure damage.
Attack across ten territories
Air defense forces destroyed 21 drones over Kaluga Region on the evening of October 20 and overnight into October 21. Governor Vladislav Shapsha announced this on his channel in MAX. According to him, drones were shot down over the Babyninsky, Baryatinsky, Iznoskovsky, Kirovsky and Mosalsky municipal districts, as well as over the Spas-Demensky, Ulyanovsky, Ferzikovsky and Khvastovichsky districts and the Kuybyshevsky district — in total, the attack affected ten municipal territories.
Consequences and work on the ground
“According to preliminary information, there are no casualties or infrastructure damage,” Shapsha wrote. He specified that response teams are working on the ground, surveying the territories over which the aerial targets were destroyed. Authorities did not report any damage to residential buildings, industrial enterprises or social facilities.
Previous attacks on the region
Kaluga Region had been attacked before. On October 17, 2026, air defense destroyed 56 UAVs over the region, including in the area of Kaluga, Obninsk and 11 municipal districts. On October 13, according to Shapsha, 73 drones were shot down; in the Mosalsky district, a school, two private houses and a car were damaged, with no casualties. Overnight into October 9, after an attack by 26 drones, nine people were injured, five of whom were hospitalized. Against the backdrop of increasingly frequent raids, authorities urged residents to temporarily refrain from walking in forests due to the danger of debris and explosive objects being found.
