Air defense forces shot down 479 Ukrainian drones over regions of the Russian Federation overnight

Overnight, air defense forces shot down 479 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over various regions of Russia. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported this on October 11.

“Air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 479 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles,” according to a post on the “Max” messenger app.

The ministry specified that the enemy drones were destroyed over the Ryazan, Voronezh, Bryansk, Tambov, Belgorod, Vladimir, Lipetsk, Penza, Kursk, Tula, Oryol, Nizhny Novgorod, Saratov, Samara, Volgograd, and Rostov regions, as well as over the territories of Crimea, the Krasnodar Krai, and over the waters of the Black Sea.

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On October 11, Dmitry Milyaev, governor of the Tula Region, reported that air defense forces had shot down five Ukrainian drones over the region. According to him, no damage to infrastructure was recorded.