Two civilians were injured in the attack of Dron on the Shebekinsky District of the Belgorod Region of the Russian Federation. This was announced in the telegram channel by the head of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov on Monday, January 6th
“The US drilled at the village of Rzhevka Shebekinsky District. Two civilians were injured. One man has fragmentation wounds of the face, chest and hands, the second has fragmentation wound of the head, barotrauma and concussion,” said Gladkov.
According to him, in the village, as a result of the discharge of an explosive device from the UAV, glazing was knocked out and facades of two apartment buildings were sunk. In addition, four cars were damaged, he added.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Monday reported about interception of 12 drones over the regions of the country. “During the last night, the air defense systems were intercepted and destroyed by 12 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles: seven UAVs – above the territory of the Kursk region, two UAVs above the territories of the Belgorod and Bryansk regions and one UAV – above the territory of the Republic of Crimea,” follows from the message.
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 of video showing after a massive attack of drones in 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.”
In May last year, the drone exploded over the Senate Palace in the Kremlin, repeatedly UAVs entered the buildings of the Moscow City business center. The targets are also often become border Bryansk, Belgorod and Kursk regions and annexed Crimea.