MOSCOW, July 28. /TASS/. Air defense systems intercepted and destroyed a total of 356 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones overnight over Russian regions and the Sea of Azov, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

In the Moscow Region, a drone struck an apartment building in the town of Chekhov. Falling drone debris caused a tire fire at an open site. A private house also caught fire in the village of Vaulovo. A fence of a private house in the village of Koledino was damaged, and a fire was reported in a forest area.

One person was injured after drone debris fell on an apartment building in the Ryazan Region. The injured person received medical assistance.

TASS has compiled key information on the aftermath.

Scale

  • On-duty air defense systems intercepted and destroyed a total of 356 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over Russian regions between 8:00 p.m. Moscow time (5:00 p.m. GMT) on July 27 and 8:00 a.m. Moscow time (5:00 a.m. GMT) on July 28, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

  • According to the Defense Ministry, drones were shot down over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Oryol, Tula, Rostov, Ryazan and Smolensk regions, the Moscow Region, the Republic of Crimea, and the Sea of Azov.

  • More than 390 drones were heading toward the Moscow Region from 8:30 p.m. local time (5:30 p.m. GMT) on July 27 to 6:30 a.m. local time (3:30 a.m. GMT) on July 28, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said.

  • Most of them were neutralized by air defenses at a distance from the city, he said.

  • Sobyanin added that 81 drones were destroyed while approaching Moscow.

  • Air defense units intercepted and destroyed several dozen drones over cities in the Moscow Region, Governor Andrey Vorobyov said.

  • He specified that the drones were destroyed over the cities of Domodedovo, Podolsk, Ramenskoye and Kolomna.

Aftermath

  • A drone struck an apartment building on Zemskaya Street in Chekhov, Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyov said.

  • Emergency and response services are working at the site.

  • Information about casualties is being clarified.

  • The fall of drone debris also caused a tire fire at an open site in the Moscow Region.

  • Firefighters are working to extinguish the blaze.

  • A private house caught fire in the village of Vaulovo following the drone attack.

  • The fire was contained, and no one was in the house at the time.

  • Drone fragments also damaged a country house in the village of Dubna; there were no casualties.

  • The Wildberries logistics complex in Koledino, Podolsk, is operating normally, the press office of the joint Wildberries and Russ company (RVB) said.

  • A fence of a private house in Koledino was damaged in the drone attack, Podolsk Head Grigory Artamonov said.

  • A fire was also reported in a forest area.

  • Drone debris was found in the village of Berezhki in an area with private houses. No one was injured.

  • One person was injured after drone debris fell on an apartment building in the Ryazan Region. The injured person received medical assistance, Governor Pavel Malkov said.

  • Drone fragments damaged several apartments.

  • A power transmission line support structure was damaged in the Sasovo district.

  • According to Malkov, a water tower and a power line were damaged in the Kasimov district, while a mobile communications tower was damaged in the Klepiki district.

  • Emergency services are working at the sites.

  • Falling drone debris damaged windows of three utility buildings and a private house in the Voronezh Region, Governor Alexander Gusev said.

  • Three people were injured in Ukrainian drone strikes in the Bryansk Region, acting Governor Yegor Kovalchuk said.

  • He said a woman was injured in a drone attack on an enterprise in the Starodub district.

  • A man was also injured in a drone strike in the Klimovo district.

  • Another man was wounded after a drone struck a road train in the Unecha district.

  • All injured people received medical assistance.