On the morning of November 3, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that, over the course of the previous night, "on-duty air defense forces destroyed 856 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles." The Rostov Region and occupied Crimea were among the areas where drones were shot down.

The governor of the Rostov Region stated that "during the effort to repel an aerial attack on the Rostov Region, UAVs were destroyed in the Matveyevo-Kurgansky, Millerovsky, and Tarasovsky districts." He added that there is currently no information regarding the consequences of the strike, and that details are being clarified.

As a result of the overnight attack, a fire broke out at an oil refinery in Yaroslavl, and there are reports of casualties. Additionally, local residents in the Belgorod Region were reported injured after drone debris struck residential buildings and vehicles.

Meanwhile, Kyiv reports that Russia launched a massive, combined-arms strike against Ukraine overnight, involving both missiles and drones and affecting several regions. One strike hit a medical facility in the Nemyshlianskyi district, leaving dozens of people injured.

Furthermore, the death toll from a Russian aerial bomb strike on the settlement of Kamyshevakha in the Zaporizhzhia Region—which took place on the evening of November 2—continues to rise. According to updated figures, 29 people have been killed and 48 remain missing, reported regional administration head Mykhailo Semikin. Search and rescue operations are ongoing.