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Drone Barrage Triggers Blasts in Ukraine and Fires in Russia as Moscow Reports 116 Intercepts

The claims portray precision strikes on military and energy targets with figures that outside sources have not confirmed.

Overview

  • Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defenses shot down 116 Ukrainian drones overnight across ten regions, including 29 over Ryazan and 27 over Voronezh.
  • Regional officials reported debris and minor damage from intercepted drones in areas such as Ryazan, Voronezh and Tula, with no casualties noted and a damaged Voronezh gas station back in service.
  • Russian media and local authorities reported drone-caused fires at a Temryuk gas terminal and the Syzran refinery, with the Syzran mayor confirming a drone attack and no injuries reported.
  • Ukraine’s nationwide air-raid alerts sounded twice overnight as explosions were reported in Kyiv, Dnipro, Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia, Vinnytsia and Lutsk, with outlets citing power disruptions in Rivne and parts of Lviv region.
  • Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed strikes on military, transport and energy infrastructure in 153 locations and reported roughly 1,275 Ukrainian casualties, while also citing hits on an ammunition depot near Konstantinovka, a border unit command post in Sumy region and a UAV control node in Kherson region.