Putin Gains Upper Hand After Downing 32 Ukrainian Drones
Putin has taken the lead in the conflict after Russia destroyed 32 Ukrainian Drones overnight.
According to TASS Russian News Agency, between 11:30 p.m. Moscow time on November 30 and 7:00 a.m. on December 1, on-duty air defenses intercepted and destroyed 32 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over Russian regions.
“Between 11:30 p.m. Moscow time on November 30 and 7:00 a.m. on December 1 (between 8:30 p.m. GMT on November 30 and 4:00 a.m. on December 1), on-duty air defenses intercepted and destroyed 32 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over Russian regions.” Said the TASS Russian News Agency.
Details of the Russian Overnight Operation on Ukraine
TASS Russian News Agency highlighted that air defense units reportedly destroyed 32 Ukrainian drones overnight.
Although not all locations where the drones were destroyed were reported, several regions were mentioned. TASS reports highlighted that four drones were shot down over parts of the Southern Federal District, a section of the Northwestern Federal District, Voronezh, and the Tula region.
“Specifically, four drones were shot down over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Novgorod, Rostov, and Krasnodar Regions, three each over the Azov Sea and the Leningrad Region, two over the Voronezh Region, and one each over the Volgograd, Kursk, Smolensk, and Tula Regions.” Read part of the TASS News Agency report.
Consequences of the Russian attack on Ukraine
Sergey Melikov, Head of Dagestan, explained that in Kaspiysk in the Dagestan Region, an enemy drone attack was blocked, and the targets were shot down.
Sergey Melikov, the Head of Dagestan, said that an enemy drone attack was blocked in Kaspiysk, and the targets were successfully shot down.
Elsewhere, the Health Ministry reported that a 12-year-old girl was injured in the Kaspiysk attack, suffering a minor, non-penetrating chest injury. They confirmed that she is receiving treatment and that her life is not in danger.
In the Krasnodar Region, three private houses and a cell tower were damaged by falling drone debris, with no casualties reported.
Additionally, the region’s operational headquarters stated that emergency services are currently on the scene securing the area and ensuring the safety of residents and nearby facilities.
Elsewhere, more than 600,000 people in the Kyiv region of Ukraine were without power on Saturday morning after an overnight Russian attack.
Ukraine’s energy ministry reported that more than 500,000 of these were in the capital itself, with the rest in the surrounding region. It attributed the power losses to missile and drone strikes on energy infrastructure in the city and several other regions.
Around 36 missiles and nearly 600 drones were launched on targets across Ukraine overnight, officials said, killing three and injuring dozens of others.