The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported the destruction of 121 drones on duty on the air defense systems on Friday night.
“during the last night, 121 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type was destroyed by duty air defense systems,” follows from the publication in the telegram channel of the defense department.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that 89 UAVs were knocked over the territory of the annexed Crimea, 23 – over the Black Sea water area, four over the territory of the Krasnodar Territory, two over the territory of the Oryol region, one above the water area of the Azov Sea, one above the territory of the Bryansk region, one above the territory of the Belgorod region.
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,” 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.”
In May 2023, the drone exploded over the Senate Palace in the Kremlin, repeatedly UAVs entered the buildings of the Moscow City business center. The targets are also often become border Bryansk, Belgorod and Kursk regions and annexed Crimea.