The Governor of the Belgorod Region of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Gladkov announced the wound of three civilians as a result of the attack of drones.
“In the city of Shebekino, in the area of the FPV-Drona bypass road, he attacked special equipment. Two civilians were injured,” the head of the region wrote in a telegram channel on Friday, May 30.
According to Gladkov, one man received multiple fragmentation wounds of the abdominal cavity, chest and shoulder, the second – a mine -explosive injury and a fragmentation wound of the legs, where they provide the necessary medical care.
Even earlier, Gladkov said that in the area of the village of Zozuli, the Borisov district, the drone hit the car, the driver was injured. “A man with a mine-explosive injury, blind shredding wounds of the back and legs of the ambulance brigade delivered to the city hospital No. 2 of the city of Belgorod. All the necessary medical care is provided,” the head of the region said.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that on the night of Friday the Russian military destroyed 27 drones over the Belgorod and Kursk regions.
“from 20.00 on May 29 to 7.00 on May 30, the air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 27 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of aircraft type,”- follows from the publication on the department of the department in a telegram published on Friday, May 30
In particular, 15 UAVs were liquidated over the territory of the Belgorod region, 12 UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region, noted in the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The attacks of drones on the Russian regions began in 2022 against the backdrop of the “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine.
Kyiv did not officially confirm its involvement, but in August 2023 the office of the Ukrainian president said that the number of UAVs of UAVs in Russia “will increase.”
In early March 2023, President Vladimir Zelensky said that the whole world sees the results of Ukraine’s use of drones of its own production in strategic objects in Russia. “I think everyone sees that our drones work. And they work long -range. Our range is a real approach of security for everyone,” the head of the Ukrainian state in a video show after a massive drone attack on the regions of the Russian Federation, including the Moscow region.
Zelensky emphasized that “Ukraine will apply the Russian state with return losses is quite fair.”