Russian air defense forces (air defense) for the last night shot 45 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of aircraft type over five regions. This was reported to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Wednesday, August 21.
“Eleven UAVs destroyed over the territory of the Moscow region, another twenty -three UAVs were destroyed over the Bryansk region, six UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region, three over the Kaluga region and two over the Kursk region,” the Russian department said.
The Governor of the Kaluga Region Vladislav Shapsha said that drones were destroyed in a deserted area on the border with the Bryansk region.
In turn, the mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, said that the echeloned defense of the Russian capital made it possible to successfully repel all the attacks of the UAV.
“The Ministry of Defense of the Ministry of Defense has been shot down by 10 pieces. This is one of the largest attempts to attack Moscow with the help of drones for all the time,” he wrote in his Telegram channel.
In addition, the Federal Air Transport Agency reported the staff work of the airports of the Moscow region.
“Airports of the Moscow region are working standardly. Earlier today, from 02:31 to 06:30 Moscow time, to ensure the safety of civilian aircraft to the work of Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky, temporary restrictions were introduced,” the message said. P>
During the period of temporary restrictions on spare airfields, eight aircraft went, added in the Federal Air Transport Agency.
Meanwhile, the acting governor of the Kursk region, Alexei Smirnov, announced the confusion of two Ukrainian missiles and two UAVs.
“Tonight, 2 Ukrainian missiles and 2 aircraft -type UPS were shot down by our air defense fighters in the sky above the Kursk region,” he wrote in the Telegram channel.