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Russia Says Air Defenses Downed Dozens of Drones Across Regions as Debris Damages Homes

Emergency services began repairs, with separate residential fires in Surgut confirming seven dead.

Overview

  • The Defense Ministry reported intercepting 85 UAVs overnight across multiple regions, including 20 over Nizhny Novgorod.
  • Officials said falling wreckage damaged three private houses and an apartment block in the Kstovsky district near Nizhny Novgorod, several homes and an outbuilding in Orel, and prompted repairs and assistance for residents.
  • Regional updates noted drones intercepted over four districts in Rostov region without injuries, an attack on energy infrastructure near Vladimir with systems stable, and an air-raid warning for a drone threat across Orenburg region.
  • Ukrainian and Russia-aligned authorities reported civilian impacts in contested areas, including one person killed in Hola Prystan in Kherson region, a civilian wounded in Gorlovka, damage to heating-related energy assets in Kharkiv’s Rohan community, explosions reported in Sumy and Mykolaiv, and plans to restore a damaged apartment building in Sverdlovsk in LNR.
  • Separate domestic emergencies included a fatal fire in Surgut with the toll raised to seven, including four children, with earlier fires killing three in Saint Petersburg and two in Penza; a Russian envoy also said seven people were killed and 63 injured in Russia over the past week in attacks attributed to Ukrainian forces, mostly involving drones.