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More than 100 Ukrainian drones targeted various regions of Russia on Thursday night, according to Russian authorities.In the Ryazan region, according to reports from the Telegram channels Astra and Baza, two fires broke out as a result of drone attacks: one at the Ryazan Oil Refinery and another at the nearby Novo-Ryazan Thermal Power Plant.
Ryazan Governor Pavel Malkov said that air defenses and electronic warfare systems had downed and diverted the drones in the region. “According to preliminary information, there are no casualties, and the material damage is being assessed,” Malkov wrote on Telegram.Local residents posted videos of the fires at the Ryazan Oil Refinery and the region’s thermal power plant.Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported that air defense forces intercepted drones heading toward the capital. According to him, drones were shot down in the towns of Kolomna, Ramenskoye, Podolsk, and Shchyolkovo in the Moscow region, as well as in Moscow’s Troitsky Administrative District. Sobyanin added that first responders were at work at the “incident sites.”In the Voronezh region, Governor Alexander Gusev said that air defense forces downed several drones. Debris from one of the drones reportedly shattered windows in an apartment building, but no injuries were reported.Bryansk Governor Alexander Bogomaz said that 37 drones were intercepted and destroyed in his region, with no casualties or ground damage reported.Authorities in the Leningrad, Saratov, Rostov, and Tula regions also reported successfully repelling drone attacks. According to preliminary information from regional officials, there were no casualties or infrastructure damage.Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency briefly suspended operations at nine airports during the night, including Moscow’s Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky airports, as well as airports in Kazan, Samara, Penza, Saratov, and Ufa. Most of the restrictions were lifted by morning.The Russian Defense Ministry reported that air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 121 Ukrainian drones overnight on January 24. These reportedly included 37 in the Bryansk region, 20 in the Ryazan region, 17 each in the Kursk and Saratov regions, seven in the Rostov region, six each in the Moscow and Belgorod regions, three in the Voronezh region, two each in the Tula, Oryol, and Lipetsk regions, and one each in Moscow and Crimea.