In the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, 2 rockets and 27 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) destroyed during the night. This was announced by the Governor of the Kursk Region Alexei Smirnov in the telegram channel.
“Tonight, 2 Ukrainian missiles and 27 aircraft -type UPS were shot down in the sky of the Kursk region,” the head of the region wrote and thanked the air defense fighters. Smirnov reminded the citizens that they cannot be approached and touched, since they can harm.
In the city of Shebekino, Belgorod Region, the drone attacked a service bus, four civilians suffered as a result, said the head of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov.
“Four peaceful residents were injured. One woman has fragmentation wounds of hands, the second has fragmentation injuries of the hands and feet. Information about the consequences is specified. Operational services work on the spot,” Gladkov wrote in the telegram channel.
It is reported that nine drones were shot down and suppressed overnight in four districts of the Smolensk region. “Over the past night in Vyazemsky, Dukhovshchinsky, Yelninsky, Roslavl districts, nine enemy UAVs were shot down and there are no victims and destruction,” wrote the governor of the region Vasily Anokhin in the telegram channel.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that 54 unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed during the night.
“During the last night, an attempt by the Kyiv regime has been suppressed to make a terrorist attack using an aircraft type UPS on the territory of the Russian Federation. Twenty -seven – over the territory of the Kursk region, sixteen – above the territory of the Bryansk region, seven above the territory of the Smolensk region, three – three – Above the territory of the Belgorod region and one- over the territory of the Oryol region, ”follows from the publication of the defense department in the telegram channel.
In the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions of the Russian Federation to ensure the safety of citizens, the regime of the counter -terrorist operation is valid.
It was introduced after the aggravation of the situation in the border regions of the Kursk region amid the start of the operation of the Ukrainian army in the region of August six.
In the border areas, fierce battles continue between Russian and Ukrainian troops, large -scale attacks of drones are recorded in settlements, rocket hazard signals are periodically sounded.
From the Kursk region, more than 130 thousand inhabitants were evacuated due to shelling. 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.”
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian side claims that in the Kursk region more than 100 settlements were taken under control.
Earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that the city of Sudzha transferred to the control of the Ukrainian army.
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.