One of the largest attacks on Moscow: 417 drones headed for the capital region; damage in Nevinnomyssk and a school in Kaluga region
Place: Moscow, Stavropol, Kaluga and Rostov regionsRegion: Other regions of Russiaautomatic summary
Where the versions diverge
Only Russian authorities give the drone figures; Ukrainian media relay them with caveats and add monitoring channels' reports on the consequences. The sources do not establish a link between the Aksay fire and the attack.
What Russia reports
automatic summary Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that between 20:30 on 12 October and 07:00 on 13 October 417 drones flew toward the Moscow region, 65 of them destroyed approaching the capital; TASS calls it one of the largest attacks this year. The Russian Defence Ministry reported 604 drones overnight and 883 over the day. The Stavropol governor reported damage in an industrial zone in Nevinnomyssk, the Kaluga governor 73 drones downed and a damaged school.
“В период с 20:30 12 октября по 07:00 13 октября в сторону Московского региона летели 417 БПЛА.”
“в Невинномысске зафиксированы повреждения в промышленной зоне”
- Минувшей ночью в сторону Московского региона летели 417 БПЛА — Interfax, 13 October, 06:37
- В Невинномысске после ночной атаки БПЛА зафиксированы повреждения в промзоне — Interfax, 13 October, 06:39
- Губернатор Ставрополья сообщил об атаке на промобъекты Солнечнодольска — Interfax, 13 October, 02:27
- Свыше 70 БПЛА сбиты над Калужской областью, повреждена школа — Interfax, 13 October, 06:44
- Минобороны РФ заявило об уничтожении за ночь свыше 600 дронов ВСУ — Interfax, 13 October, 07:59
- Moscow repels one of this year’s largest drone attacks, calculations show — TASS (tass.com), 13 October, 08:28
- FACTBOX: Damaged school in Kaluga Region, 604 UAVs, aftermath of attacks on Russia — TASS (tass.com), 13 October, 09:39
- Средства ПВО сбили 883 украинских дрона за сутки — RIA Novosti, 13 October, 11:33
What Ukraine reports
automatic summary Suspilne relays Sobyanin's figures with the caveat "allegedly". Ukrainska Pravda, citing Exilenova+, reports another tank exploding at the oil terminal of the Novoshakhtinsk plant in Rostov region, attacked on 10 October.
“У Ростові вибухнув ще один резервуар на нафтоналивному терміналі Новошахтинського заводу.”
- У Ростові вибухнув резервуар на НПЗ — Ukrainska Pravda, 13 October, 23:57
- У РФ заявили про збиття 604 дронів за ніч та пошкодження в кількох регіонах — Suspilne, 13 October, 08:50
What independent sources report
automatic summary Kyiv Independent, citing Russia's Emergencies Ministry, reports a major fire covering 9000 square metres at warehouses of the Aksaykardandetal plant near Rostov.
“spreading across 9,000 square meters”
- Massive fire at industrial plant in Russia's Rostov Oblast spreads to 9,000 square meters — Kyiv Independent, 13 October, 18:32
Confirmation
Confirmation: both sides report it, no independent sources
Both Russian and Ukrainian sources describe the event, but there are no international independent sources in the selection.
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