381 Drones Shot Down Overnight Across 16 Regions

381 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones were destroyed by air defenses over Russia overnight — the drones were shot down between 20:00 on 19 July and 08:00 on 20 July. According to the Defense Ministry, the UAVs were neutralized over the territories of Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tambov, and Tula Oblasts, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, Crimea, and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.

Moscow and the Moscow region once again came under a massive attack. Some 400 drones were heading towards the capital region, most of which were shot down, but in the Moscow region houses were damaged, fires broke out, and a drone crashed onto the M-4 highway — there are casualties, including some in serious condition.

A drone attack threat was declared in the Voronezh region the previous evening. At night, as in a number of other Central Federal District regions, a missile threat was announced. In the morning, Governor Alexander Gusev said that air defenses had destroyed three drones over three districts of the region. “According to preliminary data, there are no casualties or damage,” he reported on his channel on Maks at 08:26. At the time of publication, the threat of new attacks in the Voronezh region remains.