During the night, Russian air defense systems destroyed 35 drones over the regions of the country. On Monday, May 19 was reported in the telegram channel of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
“During the last night, 35 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by duty air defense systems,” follows the publication.
The department specified that 26 UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the annexed Crimea, eight – over the territory of the Bryansk region, one over 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 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.”