Kursk governor says 216 drones destroyed over region in 24 hours
In short
The governor of Russia’s Kursk region, Alexander Khinshtein, said 216 drones were destroyed over the region between 09:00 on 3 October and 09:00 on 4 October. He also reported 78 artillery strikes on evacuated districts and five drone attacks using explosive devices, with damage to homes in Glushkovo and to a hangar and three combines in Belitsa. No deaths or injuries were reported.
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The governor of Russia’s Kursk region, Alexander Khinshtein, said 216 drones of various types were destroyed over the region in the 24 hours from 09:00 on 3 October to 09:00 on 4 October, according to Interfax, TASS and RIA Novosti. He said there were no dead or injured. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Writing on his channel in Max, Khinshtein also said that “the enemy” used artillery against evacuated districts of the region 78 times, and that drones attacked the region with explosive devices five times, Interfax reported. TASS and RIA Novosti led with the figure of 216 drones and, in TASS’s case, the statement that no one was killed or injured. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Interfax reported the damage resulting from the attacks: in the settlement of Glushkovo, the facade and glazing of a household were damaged, and in the village of Belitsa in Belovsky district, a hangar and three combines were damaged. The other two documents did not mention the damage. [ 1 ]
The outlets described the drones differently. TASS said 216 drones of the Ukrainian armed forces were shot down in the past 24 hours, and RIA Novosti reported 216 Ukrainian drones shot down over the region in a day, while Interfax quoted the governor’s phrase “enemy drones”. The documents do not say whether any Ukrainian officials responded to the reports, and none of them gives any source for the figures other than the governor. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
The three reports were published within ten minutes of one another, starting with Interfax at 09:20 local time, followed by TASS at 09:28 and RIA Novosti at 09:30. The governor’s figures cover the period from 09:00 on 3 October to 09:00 on 4 October; Interfax described this as a daily total for the preceding day. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Why it matters
The figures are the latest in a series of daily reports by the Kursk region governor on drone and artillery attacks on the region, indicating continued cross-border strikes and the evacuation of some districts. Because the reports are issued by a regional official and no casualty figures were given this time, the immediate consequences described in the documents are limited to property damage.
Key facts
- Kursk region governor Alexander Khinshtein said 216 drones of various types were destroyed over the region in the 24 hours from 09:00 on 3 October to 09:00 on 4 October. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- Khinshtein said artillery was used 78 times against evacuated districts of the region. [ 1 ]
- Khinshtein said drones attacked the region with explosive devices five times. [ 1 ]
- In the settlement of Glushkovo, the facade and glazing of a household were damaged. [ 1 ]
- In the village of Belitsa in Belovsky district, a hangar and three combines were damaged. [ 1 ]
- Khinshtein said there were no dead or injured. [ 1 , 2 ]
- TASS and RIA Novosti described the drones as Ukrainian, while Interfax quoted the governor’s wording about “enemy drones”. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Confirmed by several sources
- The Kursk region governor, Alexander Khinshtein, reported that 216 drones were destroyed over the region over the past 24 hours. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- The governor said there were no dead or injured as a result of the attacks. [ 1 , 2 ]
- The figures came from the regional governor, who published them on his channel in Max. [ 1 , 2 ]
- The attacks were reported over the territory of Kursk region. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Still unclear
- Whether the 216 drones destroyed were all shot down, as TASS and RIA Novosti put it, or “liquidated”, as Interfax quoted the governor saying. The three outlets use different wording for the same figure, and the documents do not explain the difference.
- Whether the drone and artillery figures have been independently verified. All three documents trace the figures to the same source, the Kursk region governor; no other source is cited.
- Whether Ukrainian authorities have commented on the reported attacks. None of the documents contains a statement from the Ukrainian side.
What local media are saying
Timeline, local time
- Start of the reporting period cited by the governor, which runs to 09:00 on 4 October. [ 1 ]
- Interfax publishes the governor’s statement with the drone, artillery and damage figures. [ 1 ]
- TASS reports that 216 drones were shot down over the region in the past 24 hours, with no dead or injured. [ 2 ]
- RIA Novosti reports the same figure of 216 Ukrainian drones shot down over the region in 24 hours. [ 3 ]