Overview

• Russia’s Defense Ministry said 81 Ukrainian UAVs were intercepted between 15:00 on September 22 and midnight on September 23 across the Moscow region, several western and southern regions, Crimea and the Black Sea.
• Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported repeated nighttime interceptions near the capital and said emergency services were working at debris sites, noting 15 drones downed since midnight after 15 the previous evening.
• Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said eight civilians were injured in drone incidents, with blast and shrapnel wounds reported in the regional center and nearby districts.
• At the UN Security Council, Poland’s foreign minister warned that any unauthorized missiles or aircraft entering Polish airspace would be shot down, while Russia’s UN representative denied recent Baltic airspace violations.
• Russian MFA envoy Rodion Miroshnik asserted recent attacks sought to disrupt harvest transport in border regions, citing at least 100 drones over Belgorod on September 19 and weekly civilian casualties there.