The key facts
- 21 drones downed over Kaluga Region, no casualties — Governor Shapsha
- Drones downed over ten municipal districts and one district of the region
- Overnight attacks on the Tula and Smolensk regions were also reported
Drone attack on Kaluga Region
Air defense forces overnight into October 21 and on the morning of the same day downed 21 unmanned aerial vehicles over the Kaluga Region. The region's governor Vladislav Shapsha announced this on the Max messenger. According to him, no people were hurt and no infrastructure damage was recorded.
Where the drones were downed
Shapsha specified that the drones were downed over the territories of the Babyninsky, Baryatinsky, Iznoskovsky, Kirovsky, Mosalsky, Spas-Demensky, Ulyanovsky, Ferzikovsky and Khvastovichsky municipal districts, as well as the Kuibyshevsky district. Emergency services arrived at the sites.
Attacks on other regions
Tula Region Governor Dmitry Milyaev earlier reported that seven Ukrainian drones were destroyed over his region overnight. Also, according to reports, drones attacked the Smolensk Region.
Context
On October 20, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that Russian forces had destroyed 383 drones over 24 hours in the zone of the special military operation. Earlier, a new robotic air defense system against UAVs was developed in Russia.
