More than 100 Ukrainian drones attack Russia overnight, including Moscow — Meduza

More than 100 Ukrainian drones targeted various regions of Russia on Thursday evening, according to Russian authorities.

In the Ryazan region, according to the Telegram channels Astra and Baza, two fires broke out following drone attacks: one at the Ryazan oil refinery and another at the neighboring Novo-Ryazan thermal power station.

Ryazan Governor Pavel Malkov said air defense and electronic warfare systems had shot down and diverted drones in the region. “According to preliminary information, there are no casualties and material damage is being assessed,” Malkov wrote on Telegram.

Local residents posted videos of the fires at the Ryazan oil refinery and thermal power station in the region.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported that air defense forces had intercepted drones heading towards the capital. According to him, drones were shot down in the Moscow region towns of Kolomna, Ramenskoye, Podolsk and Shchyolkovo, as well as in the Troitsky administrative district of Moscow. Sobyanin added that first responders were at work at the “incident sites.”

In the Voronezh region, Governor Alexander Gusev said air defense forces shot down several drones. Debris from one of the drones reportedly shattered windows of a building, but no injuries were reported.

Bryansk Governor Alexander Bogomaz said 37 drones were intercepted and destroyed in his region, without causing any casualties or damage to the ground.

Authorities in the Leningrad, Saratov, Rostov and Tula regions also reported successfully repelling drone attacks. According to preliminary information from regional officials, there were no casualties or damage to infrastructure.

Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency briefly suspended operations at nine airports overnight, including Moscow’s Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports, as well as airports in Kazan, Samara, Penza, Saratov and Ufa. Most restrictions were lifted in the morning.

The Russian Defense Ministry said air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 121 Ukrainian drones on the night of January 24. Among them, 37 in the Bryansk region, 20 in the Ryazan region, 17 in the Kursk and Saratov regions, seven in the Rostov region, six each in the Moscow and Belgorod regions, three in the Moscow region, Voronezh, two each in the Tula, Oryol and Lipetsk regions, and one each in Moscow and Crimea.