The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported the interception of 50 unmanned aerial vehicles over the regions overnight.
“From midnight to 05.00 Moscow time, the air defense systems were destroyed and intercepted by 50 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles,- it follows from the publication of the Russian Ministry of Defense in the Telegram channel on Monday, 1 September.
In particular, 16 drones are neutralized above the Black Sea, 12 – above the territory of the Belgorod region, 7 – over the water area of the Azov Sea, 4 – above the territory of the Saratov region, 3 – above the territory of the Samara region, above the territory of the Orenburg region, 3 – above the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan, 2 – above the territory of the Krasnodar Territory, specified in the defense department.
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 Ukrainian president Mikhail Podolyak said that the number of BPL attacks on Russia “would 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.