Enemy drones attacked Volgograd region

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported this morning that enemy drones attacked the Volgograd region overnight, though the exact number of downed drones remains unknown.

Jul 23, 2026

The exact number of downed drones over the Volgograd region has not been disclosed.
Source:
Mikhail Ognev / FONTANKA.RU

Enemy drones attacked the Volgograd region overnight, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported this morning. The exact number of drones destroyed over the region is unknown.

According to the ministry, a total of 391 UAVs were shot down over Russian regions.

«During the night from 20:00 on July 19 to 8:00 on July 20, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 381 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tambov, Tula oblasts, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea, and over the waters of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea,» the ministry clarified.

Recall that on the night of July 20, a drone threat alert was declared in the Volgograd region. Residents received SMS notifications from the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry (RSChS) asking them to stay indoors and take shelter in a windowless room. Volgograd Airport operated normally. The all-clear was given on the morning of July 20.