08:40, 23 October 2025

Fifteen drones were shot down over southern Russia.

The military intercepted 139 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over Russian regions overnight. Fifteen of these were shot down in the Southern Federal District.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," air defense forces intercepted UAVs in the Millerovsky and Sholokhovsky districts of the Rostov Region overnight.

"Over the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed and intercepted 139 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles," the Russian Defense Ministry reported on its Telegram channel.

According to the ministry, 13 UAVs were neutralized in the skies over the Rostov Region, and two more over the Volgograd Region. Drones were also shot down in the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Ryazan, Tambov, Oryol, Kaluga, Kursk regions, and Crimea.

As a reminder, on the morning of October 22, a drone attack was recorded in Dagestan on "one of the republic's enterprises." In Makhachkala, traffic was blocked on a section of Kammayev Street near the train depot. A total of eight drones were shot down in the region. Several buildings in Makhachkala were damaged.

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Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/416574