07:56, 29 July 2025

22 drones shot down over Rostov region overnight

The Ministry of Defense reported the interception of 74 unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over Russian regions last night. 22 of them were destroyed in the Rostov region.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, at night in the Rostov region an attack of unmanned aerial vehicles was repelled over Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Salsk, Volgodonsky, in the Bokovsky and Tarasovsky districts. In Salsk, after the drone attack, a car caught fire, the driver died. A private house was also damaged in the city, and a fire occurred at the railway station. In the Oryol region, as a result of a drone attack, an electrical substation was damaged.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, during the past night, a total of 74 drones were intercepted by air defense systems on duty in five regions of the country, including 22 drones shot down in the Rostov region.

UAVs were also neutralized in the Bryansk, Kaluga, Smolensk and Leningrad regions, the department’s Telegram channel reports.

Recall that on the night of July 27-28, the military destroyed four drones over the Rostov region. On July 26, Kamensk-Shakhtinsky and six districts of the Rostov region were attacked by drones. In the Zimovnikovsky district, a car burned down as a result of an attack near a highway, killing two people. According to the authorities, both victims were residents of Kalmykia.

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Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/413404