Ukrainian drone raid. May 21-22, 2025

"Massive drone raid of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. May 21-22, 2025

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have been launching drones almost non-stop at the border and rear regions of Russia for the past two days. To date, over 500 drones have been intercepted in the skies over the Belgorod, Oryol, Bryansk, Kursk, Ryazan, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Smolensk, Rostov, Kaluga, Tula, Vladimir regions, the Moscow region, as well as the Crimea region.

During the raid, in which Lyuty drones also took part, several attacks on industrial facilities and civilian infrastructure were recorded. Almost all UAVs were intercepted during the raid.

Over 120 UAVs were shot down over the Kursk region. There were no reports of casualties or damage.

An unprecedented number of drones were shot down over the
Oryol region - almost 150. The Bolkhov Semiconductor Plant and several residential buildings were
damaged.

In
Tula, on the night of May 22, a drone crashed into the roof of an apartment
building in the Proletarsky District. Two people were injured, they received medical assistance, and the residents were evacuated to hotels.

For two days, local authorities have been reporting hourly on the interception of drones over the Moscow
region. As a result of the fall of UAV debris, minor damage was recorded in
Domodedovo. The "Carpet" plan was introduced and cancelled several times a day at local airports in the Moscow region. On May 21-22, 82 planes flying to Moscow landed at alternate airfields.

In the course of repelling the attack, the mobile Internet is being disconnected for the second time after the massive raid in early May. Restrictions were recorded in the Ivanovo, Vladimir, Oryol, Voronezh, Tula, Lipetsk regions, as well as in the Moscow region, as reported by local authorities. Internet outages were also recorded in other regions. This is intended to complicate the orientation of enemy drones - the Armed Forces of Ukraine often equip them with Russian SIM cards that connect to local cell towers in the conditions of electronic warfare. Judging by the absence of reports on the Internet about any significant damage, this measure was beneficial."