Russian air defense equipment (air defense) during the last night from midnight to 06.00 Moscow time on August 29 intercepted and destroyed 54 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of aircraft type. This was announced by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Thursday, August 29.
According to the report, 18 UAVs were intercepted and destroyed over the water area of the Bryansk region, 10 over the territory of Crimea, 9 over the water area of the Black Sea, over the territory of the Tver region, the drone 2 – above the territories of the Oryol and Ryazan regions, as well as one BPP above the BPL above the territories of the Oryol and Ryazan regions. Kursk, Kaluga and Novgorod regions.
The attacks of drones on the Russian regions began in 2022 amid the “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine.
Kyiv officially did not confirm its involvement, but in August 2023, the adviser to the head of the office of the Ukrainian president Mikhail Podolyak said that the number of UPLP attacks on Russia “would be” will be ” To 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 facilities 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 attack of drones on the regions of the Russian Federation, including the Moscow region. The drone exploded over the Senate Palace in the Kremlin, repeatedly UAV fell into the buildings of the Moscow City business center. The targets are also often become border Bryansk, Belgorod and Kursk regions and annexed Crimea.