Explosives dropped on schools in Russia's Bryansk, 1,043 UAVs: Ukrainian attacks aftermath

MOSCOW, October 30. /TASS/. Air defense systems shot down 1,043 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over various Russian regions overnight, the Defense Ministry reported.

An attempted drone attack on Moscow on Thursday evening and overnight was one of the largest in the past two years, according to TASS estimates drawing on data from Mayor Sergey Sobyanin.

Ukrainian armed forces deployed drones to drop numerous explosive devices on the grounds of three schools and 17 kindergartens in the Bezhitsky District of Bryansk.

TASS has summarized the key information about the consequences.

Scale

Air defense systems downed 1,043 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over various regions of Russia overnight, the Defense Ministry reported.

According to the ministry, the drones were intercepted over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Volgograd, Kursk, Kaluga, Kostroma, Oryol, Penza, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Samara, Saratov, Tver, Tula, and Yaroslavl regions, as well as the Moscow Region and the Republic of Tatarstan.

An attempted drone attack on Moscow on Thursday evening and overnight was one of the largest in the past two years, according to TASS estimates based on data from Mayor Sergey Sobyanin.

He said that 862 drones were heading toward the Moscow Region between 5:30 p.m. on October 29 and 4:30 a.m. on October 30 GMT.

Most were destroyed while approaching from afar, while 170 were intercepted en route to Moscow.

Air defense forces shot down 94 Ukrainian drones over the Kaluga Region during the evening and overnight, Governor Vladislav Shapsha said on Max.

Around 50 drones were downed overnight in the Verkhnedonsky, Millerovsky, Sholokhovsky and Chertkovsky districts of the Rostov Region, Governor Yury Slyusar wrote on Telegram.

Dozens of hostile drones were destroyed in the skies over the Samara Region, Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said on Max.

Air defense forces downed 25 unmanned aerial vehicles over the Smolensk Region overnight, Governor Vasily Anokhin wrote on Max.

Air defense forces intercepted 21 Ukrainian drones over the Tula Region overnight, Governor Dmitry Milyayev said on Max.

Air defense forces shot down 16 Ukrainian armed forces unmanned aerial vehicles over the Oryol Region over the past day, Governor Andrey Klychkov wrote on Max.

Defense Ministry units shot down 11 Ukrainian drones in the Yaroslavl Region, Governor Mikhail Yevrayev said on Max.

Air defense forces intercepted 10 Ukrainian drones in the Voronezh Region, Governor Alexander Gusev wrote on Max.

Aftermath

Ukrainian armed forces deployed drones to drop numerous explosive devices on the grounds of three schools and 17 kindergartens in the Bezhitsky District of Bryansk, Governor Yegor Kovalchuk said on Max.

Traffic was halted in the area of Donbasskaya and Metallurgov streets. Emergency response teams are operating at the scene, and mine clearance operations are being carried out.

Kovalchuk called on residents not to interfere with the work of emergency services or endanger their health.

He said that sappers had rescued a female driver from a car surrounded by explosive devices released by a Ukrainian drone.