Overview
- Regional governments across Voronezh, Kursk, Tula, Penza and other areas announced danger of UAV attack and activated warning systems, with air defenses reported at work.
- By early Nov. 17, Kursk and Tula declared the drone threat over and Penza canceled both its 'Kover' plan and the 'drone danger' regime after several hours in force.
- Ivanovo authorities said a drone-attack danger regime was introduced overnight, and Voronezh’s Rossoshansky district briefly sounded an immediate-strike alert.
- Ulyanovsk’s governor said a drone attack on a substation in Veshkaymsky district was repelled without casualties and that power supply continued normally.
- Telecom users in Yaroslavl, Vladimir, Ivanovo and Kostroma reported major fixed‑line outages that operators linked to trunk-line damage, while independent analysts described traffic behavior consistent with selective filtering; separate blasts were reported in Izmail and Kherson, and Russian units claimed counter‑drone and frontline successes in Zaporizhzhia.