In the sky above the regions of the Russian Federation, 120 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are shot down per night. On Sunday, July 6 was reported in the telegram channel of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
“During the last night, 120 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type were destroyed and intercepted by the duty of the air defense.”- follows from the publication.
In particular, 30 drones are intercepted over the territory of the Bryansk region, 29 – over the territory of the Kursk region, 18 – above the territory of the Oryol region, 17 – above the territory of the Belgorod region, 13 – above the territory of the Tula region, 4 above the territory of the Kaluga region, above the territory of the Leningrad region, 2 – above the territory of the Novgorod region, 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – Above the territory of the Tver region, 1 – above the water area of the Sea of Azov.
The Governor of the Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov reported in a telegram channel about the victims as a result of an attack of drones.
According to him, three vehicles attacked, drivers were injured. “In the village of Nikolskoye, Belgorod District, the FPV-Dron hit a route bus. A driver with a mine-explosive injury and contusion brigade SMP delivers Belgorod to the city hospital No. 2. The bus is knocked out and a body is damaged,” it follows from the publication.
In the village of New Tollzhanka in the Shebekinsky District, the drone attacked a passenger car, the man received a contusion, said Gladkov.
Another car was attacked by the FPV band in the village of Shamino. The driver independently turned to the Shebekinsky Central District Hospital. Doctors diagnosed him with a mine-explosive injury, barotauma and blind fragmentation injuries, ”the head of the region added.
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.”