The Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a massive attack on Russia. There are casualties and damage. The Ministry of Defense made a statement
Air defense intercepted 505 drones, four people were killed, there was destruction of infrastructure
Quick Look
- On the night of October 9, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out a massive attack with 505 drones on 20 Russian regions.
- Four people were killed in the Belgorod region, a plant in the Tver region, a kindergarten in Tambov region and residential buildings in Kaluga were damaged.
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Why It Matters
The Ukrainian Armed Forces regularly carry out drone attacks on Russian regions during armed conflict.
On the night of Friday, October 9, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) carried out a massive attack on Russian regions. Dozens of subjects on Russian territory were under attack, a total of 20.
Air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 505 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles. The drones were shot down over the Kaluga, Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk, Oryol, Voronezh, Lipetsk, Tula, Tver, Tambov regions, the Moscow region, the Krasnodar Territory, the Republics of Tatarstan and Crimea, as well as the waters of the Black and Azov Seas and other regions of the Russian Federation.
Four people killed in drone strike
The governor of the Belgorod region, Alexander Shuvaev, announced the death of four people in the region. Another 12 were injured of varying degrees of severity.
The victims of the attack were a married couple in the Belgorod district, as well as a man and a woman in the Valuysky and Grayvoronsky districts. After hospitalization and necessary examinations, six victims remain in hospitals.
A fire started at a Russian plant, several other facilities were damaged
In the village of Redkino in the Tver region, a fire broke out at a plant after a drone attack, said regional governor Vitaly Korolev.
He clarified that the company’s employees were not injured - they were evacuated to a shelter in time. At the moment, rescuers have already managed to extinguish the fire at the facility.
In the Tambov region, as a result of a drone fall, a kindergarten building in Rasskazov was damaged, where windows were broken and the facade and roof were damaged. There were no injuries as a result of the incident.
The blow also hit the infrastructure of Kaluga, where damage to private houses was recorded in two municipal districts. Among the victims are nine people, five of them were hospitalized.
A way to protect against attacks deep into Russia has been named
Military expert Andrei Kolesnik believes that in order to protect against attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine deep into the country, layered defense and separate funding for anti-terrorist units and counterintelligence are needed.
At the same time, he emphasized that a retaliatory strike against the Ukrainian Armed Forces would be inevitable in any case.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Retaliatory strike against the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Very likely · Within days
Open Questions
- What specific objects were damaged at the Redkino plant?
- What is the extent of infrastructure damage in other regions?
