
LONDON– Russia and Ukraine traded big drone strikes on Sunday evening right into Monday, with UAVs compeling trip constraints at 3 Russian flight terminals and triggering records of a strike on a significant army air travel center.
Russia’s Protection Ministry declared to have actually rejected 30 Ukrainian drones overnight over western Russian areas– 14 over Bryansk area, 6 over Kaluga area, 3 over Belgorod area, 3 over Kursk area, 2 over Ryazan area, and 2 over Oryol area.
One more drone was rejected over the Republic of Tatarstan, the ministry declaration stated. The funding of Tatarstan, Kazan, is greater than 600 miles from the closest Ukrainian-controlled region.
Russia’s Rosaviatsia government air transportation company introduced short-lived constraints on trips at the Kazan International Flight Terminal and Begishevo Flight Terminal– both in the Tatarstan area.

Ukraine’s Head of state Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visualized at a discussion of Ukrainian army drones in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 16, 2025.
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The constraints were raised around 4 hours later on. Kazan International Flight terminal stated on Telegram the blockages were planned “to guarantee the security of civil airplane trips.” 3 aircrafts were diverted far from Kazan while the constraints remained in area, the airport terminal stated.
Trips were likewise limited at the Izhevsk Flight terminal in the bordering Udmurt Republic, Rosaviatsia stated.
Authorities in Tatarstan stated drones targeted commercial centers in the area, Russia’s RBC information electrical outlet reported. Authorities stated all drones were reduced the effects of without any casualties or damages reported, though included that emergency situation -responders were operating at the scene, RBC stated.
Photos and video clips uploaded to social networks by locals suggested a strike around Kazan. ABC Information was incapable to instantly validate the video footage.
Andriy Kovalenko, the head of Ukraine’s Facility for Countering Disinformation– which runs as component of the nation’s Safety and security and Protection Council– reported “surges in Kazan,” asserting that “army centers were assaulted by unidentified drones.”
Kovalenko kept in mind that the city “is home to a number of vital air travel business that play a vital function in the Russian military-industrial facility,” amongst them the air travel plant and a helicopter plant.
Kazan likewise runs a dynamites manufacturing facility production airborne artilleries consisting of Kalibr and Iskander projectiles, Kovalenko stated. “Not the very first strikes, however it is coming to be significantly hard to cover the skies of Russia,” Kovalenko composed on Telegram.
The Kazan Air Travel Plant– a significant air travel commercial website– was amongst the delicate websites kept in mind by Kovalenko.
The plant was placed under European Union assents after Russia’s 2022 intrusion of Ukraine, with the bloc keeping in mind the website “produces and repair services the Tu-160 calculated rocket providers and the TU-22M3M/ TU-22M3 long-range bombing planes.” The center likewise “generates components made use of in the building of Il-76 calculated airlifters,” the EU stated.
In other places, Kaluga guv Vladislav Shapsha stated on Telegram that drone particles dropped on a commercial website in the area triggering a fire, though “initial information” suggested “no casualties or damages to facilities.”
Bryansk guv Alexander Bogomaz stated on Telegram that air defenses rejected 4 U.S.-made HIMARS projectiles and 14 drones over the area on Sunday evening, reporting no casualties or damages.
Ukraine, at the same time, stated Russia released 141 drones and one ballistic rocket right into the nation on Sunday evening.
Ukraine’s flying force stated it downed 93 assault UAVs, with an additional 47 shed in trip. 2 of the drones flew back right into Russia airspace, the flying force stated in a declaration uploaded to Telegram.
ABC Information’ Tanya Stukalova added to this record.