The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that its air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 456 Ukrainian drones during the night. The attacks reportedly targeted approximately 15 Russian regions and annexed Crimea, including the oblasts of Belgorod, Briansk, Kalouga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Orel, Krasnodar, and the Black Sea.
The ministry's claim of intercepted drones varies by source: some report 456, while others cite a higher figure of 502 intercepted during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday.
Reported death toll in Tatarstan from the drone attacks.
Regional authorities in Tatarstan reported that 'massive' strikes targeted the industrial city of Nizhnekamsk, located approximately 1,600 km from the Ukrainian border. Local authorities reported 12 people killed and 39 injured during the attacks.
In the Belgorod region, authorities reported that a woman was killed in a drone attack targeting a house in the locality of Novaia Tavoljanka. The governor of the Krasnodar region reported 2 deaths and 12 injuries following a Ukrainian overnight attack in Novorossiysk, Anapa, Gelendzhik, and Temiourk.
In Ukraine, local authorities in the Kharkiv region reported that at least five people were killed in a Russian bombardment of a residential area in the Chuhuiv district. The office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine reported via Telegram that Russian forces conducted a 'massive artillery strike' on a residential area of a village in that district.
Russia reported at least 13 deaths following the drone attacks, though figures vary by source.
