Russia's Defense Ministry said on the morning of November 4 that its air defenses had intercepted and destroyed 709 Ukrainian drones overnight.
The ministry listed the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Kaluga, Tula, Ryazan, Oryol, Voronezh, Saratov, Samara and Rostov regions, Krasnodar Krai, Moscow and the surrounding Moscow region, Russian-occupied Crimea, and Adygea, as well as the Black Sea and Sea of Azov.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported eight drones heading toward the capital. Russia's civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsiya, temporarily restricted airport operations, including in Saratov, Samara, Kazan, Volgograd and Ufa.