Two civilians were injured as a result of assaults of socialists in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation. The Governor of the Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov reported this on Monday, July 21.
“In the area of the village of Shchetinovka, the Belgorod district, the drone struck the Gazelle. The driver suffered. A man in serious condition with a blind fragmentation wound of his head and an open fracture of the lower leg was taken to the city hospital No. 2 of the city of Belgorod,” the head of the region wrote in his telegram channel.
Also, according to Gladkov, as a result of the attack of a drone on a private house in the village of Tovibievka, the Valuy district, a woman was wounded. “The victim was delivered to the Valusk Central District Hospital, the necessary assistance is provided,” he added.
Over the past day, three civilians suffered as a result of the drones attacks, he said. “In the city of Shebekino, the man was injured as a result of shelling, the woman was injured from the detonation of the FPV lane. Another man was wounded in the village of Bolshetroitskoye due to the attack of the drone on a private house. All the victims provided medical care, the treatment continued on an outpatient basis,” he explained.
74 drones were neutralized over the regions of the Russian Federation during the night
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that from 23.20 Sunday to 7.00 Monday, 74 drones were intercepted and destroyed over the Russian regions.
“During the last night, from 23.20 Moscow time to 7.00 Moscow time on July 21, on July 21, the air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 74 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of aircraft type,” follows from the publication in the telegram channel of the Russian defense department.
In particular, 23 UAVs are neutralized over the territory of the Moscow region, including 15 UPAs flying to Moscow, 14 UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region, 12 UAVs over the territory of the Rostov region, 10 UAVs above the territory of the Bryansk region, 10 UAVs above the territory of the Kaluga region, 4 UAVs – above the territory of the Tula region, 1 BPL – above the territory of the Lipetsk region, over the territory of the Lipetsk region, above. Clarified in the department.
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, an adviser to the head of the office of the Ukrainian president Mikhail Podolyak 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,” said the head of the Ukrainian state in a video message after a massive attack of drones in 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.”