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Explosions Rock Oryol as Ukraine Strikes with Missiles
11/14/2025
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- Explosions were reported in Oryol, Russia, on November 13 after missile and drone alerts, with shelter-in-place orders issued around 4:30 a.m.
- Governor Andrey Klychkov, Governor of Oryol Oblast, said air defenses were active and several aerial targets were destroyed.
- The Ukrainian Armed Forces later confirmed the attack used Ukrainian-made FP-5 Flamingo missiles against Russian military assets.
- Russia's Defense Ministry claimed to have shot down 130 drones during the incident, but provided no visual evidence.
