Nearly 100 Drones Downed, Voronezh on Alert

On the morning of 5 February, an attack danger was declared in Russia's Voronezh Region, as the Ministry of Defense reported 95 drones shot down overnight.

Apr 29, 2026

A diagram showing the distribution of 95 downed drones across six Russian regions.
Source:
Oleg Fedorov / CHITA.RU

The Russian Ministry of Defense released a summary of Ukrainian drone interceptions during the night of 4–5 February. According to the defense ministry, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked six Russian regions, with air defense forces intercepting and destroying a total of 95 fixed-wing drones. Most drones—36—were shot down over the Krasnodar Region. In addition:

— 27 drones were destroyed over the Rostov Region;

— 21 over the Azov Sea;

— eight over the Belgorod Region;

— two over Crimea;

— one over the Volgograd Region.

Compared to the night of 3–4 February, the number of destroyed drones in Russia increased fourfold. In the Voronezh Region, on the morning of 5 February, after two days of calm, a drone attack alert was declared again; in one municipality, sirens were activated due to the threat. Meanwhile, readers of Voronezh1.ru noted that mobile internet in Voronezh has started being turned off less frequently.