A massive drone attack on the regions of Russia. What is known

On the night of November 13, the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out a massive drone attack on the regions of Russia. It has become one of the largest since the beginning of 2026. The air defense forces destroyed 1,198 Ukrainian drones overnight. Four people were killed as a result of falling debris in Volgograd, while destruction and casualties were recorded in the Rostov and Belgorod regions. All the details are in the Izvestia article.

The scale of the APU attack and the work of the air defense

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian air defense systems destroyed 1,198 Ukrainian drones overnight. Air targets were intercepted over the Orel, Kursk, Tver, Belgorod and Lipetsk regions. The air defense system also operated over the Tula, Kaluga, Voronezh, Volgograd and Saratov regions.

In addition, drones were shot down in the skies over the Vladimir, Bryansk, Ryazan, Astrakhan, Rostov and Smolensk regions, as well as over the Moscow region, the Republic of Crimea and the Black Sea. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that on approach to the Moscow region since the evening of November 12, the air defense forces destroyed 467 drones.

Attack on Volgograd: four people were killed

The most tragic consequences were recorded in Volgograd. Governor Andrei Bocharov said that four people were killed and two more were hospitalized as a result of the UAV attack. Fires caused by falling debris occurred at an enterprise in the southern industrial zone of the city and in the surrounding area.

In the Svetly Yar work settlement, the glazing of windows and balconies of three five-storey residential buildings was damaged, and the building of the youth center was also damaged. According to the governor, there are no casualties in this village.

Consequences in the Rostov and Belgorod regions

In the Rostov region, according to Governor Yuri Slyusar, more than 120 UAVs were destroyed overnight. In the Sovetsky district of Rostov, a production building was damaged, a fire engulfed 20 square meters. m. In the Oktyabrsky district, window structures were damaged in a five-story apartment building. A warehouse caught fire in Aksai district — the fire area reached 1.5 thousand square meters. m.

A man was injured in a night attack in Rostov-on-Don. He has been hospitalized and is receiving medical attention.

In addition, the governor of the Belgorod region, Alexander Shuvaev, said that during the day, as a result of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the region, three people were killed and 14 more were injured.