Air defense equipment over the past night destroyed 158 drones over 15 Russian regions.
On Sunday, September 1 was reported on the page of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in the telegram channel.
“During the last night, when the Kyiv regime is trying to make a terrorist attack using unmanned aerial vehicles on objects in the Russian Federation, 158 Ukrainian air defense systems were destroyed and intercepted by the air defense systems,- follows from the message.
46 UAVs were destroyed and intercepted over the territory of the Kursk region at night, at the territory of the Bryansk region 34, 28 over the territory of the Voronezh region, over the territory of the Belgorod region – 14, eight – above the territory of the Ryazan region, two over Moscow, seven – above the Moscow region, five – above the territory of the Kaluga region, four – above the territory of the Lipetsk region, three – above the territory of the Tula region, two UAVs above the territories of the Tambov and Smolensk regions, one at a time above the territories of the Oryol, Tver and Ivanovo regions, follows from the message from the message .
The aggravation of the situation in the border regions of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation began on the morning of August 6, after the Ukrainian army began to conduct an operation in the region. In the border areas, fierce battles continue between Russian and Ukrainian troops, large -scale attacks of drones are recorded in the settlements, and missile danger signals sound. The situation in the region has been recognized as a federal emergency.
In addition, against the backdrop of an exacerbation of the situation in the three Russian regions, the regime of a counter -terrorist operation (KO), which touched the Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk regions, is introduced.
According to the latest data, 133 thousand people left from the border regions of the Kursk region. As of August 21, the death of 31 and the wound of 143 people were confirmed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the APU actions in the Kursk region “another large -scale provocation.” The Ukrainian side claims that the Armed Forces of Ukraine control 100 settlements in the Kursk region.
Earlier, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that the city of Sudzha passed under the control of the Ukrainian army. The Suda gas-measuring station is located near the Russian-Ukrainian border and today remains the only route for the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine to Europe.