Overview

• The Russian Defense Ministry reported intercepting 103 fixed-wing UAVs between late October 12 and early October 13 across Crimea, Astrakhan, the Black Sea, Rostov, the Azov Sea, Belgorod and Kalmykia.
• Governor Yury Slusar said two people were injured when a drone struck a private house in the Rostov Region.
• Crimea’s regional leader Sergey Aksyonov reported a fire at an oil depot in Feodosia following a UAV strike, with no casualties initially reported.
• TASS reported that temporary restrictions at the airports of Astrakhan, Volgograd, Gelendzhik and Krasnodar were lifted as the hubs resumed normal operations.
• Ambassador-at-large Rodion Miroshnik said 251 drones were intercepted over 16 regions for the week, adding that many were downed over the Black Sea and Crimea and alleging attacks on civilian, energy and nuclear-adjacent sites using FPV drones and HIMARS rockets.