Conflict · Belgorod attack · Archive285 Drones Intercepted in 12 Hours as Belgorod Attack Kills 5Aired August 10, 2026 at 4:57 AM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00Russian air defenses intercepted 2850:02drones [music] in a 12-hour window0:04between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Moscow0:06time. The total was recorded between0:088:00 in the morning and 8:00 at night,0:10marking a [music] concentrated barrage0:12across a single daytime period. The0:14interceptions spanned central and0:16western regions, including0:17Bashkortostan, [music] and five drones0:19heading toward Moscow were destroyed0:21before reaching the capital. The most0:22severe impact was overnight in Belgorod,0:25where the death toll was revised upward0:27from three to five, with fires in two0:29apartment buildings and damage to0:30multiple residential and non-residential0:32structures. Drone debris also fell on0:34two facilities at the Black Sea export0:36port of Novorossiysk.0:37>> [music]0:38>> And in Ufa, a drone hit a building under0:40construction and a crane, causing0:41structural damage. The scale of0:43interceptions points to sustained0:45[music] pressure on air defense systems0:47and continued risk to civilian and0:48infrastructure targets in border and0:50central regions, as well as the capital0:51[music] area. It is not yet confirmed0:53who launched the drones in this barrage,0:55and whether the Belgorod casualty figure0:57is final, as Ukrainian authorities have0:59not issued confirmation regarding the1:00specific attack.Explore with HeyDexThe shortThe short ↗