Russian air defense (air defense systems) over the past night intercepted and destroyed twenty -eight unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of aircraft type over six regions. This was reported on August 22 in the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
“Thirteen BPPs are shot down over the territory of the Volgograd region, seven over Rostov, four over Belgorod, two over Voronezh, and one at a time above the Bryansk and Kursk regions,” the Russian department said.
Meanwhile, the regional administration of the Volgograd region reported in the Telegram channel that the Air Defense Forces of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reflected an UAV attack on the territory in the Marinovka region.
“Most of the drones were destroyed. As a result of the fall of the UAV, a fire arose on the territory of the Object of the Ministry of Defense. Fire and rescue services quickly began fire fighting. There were no victims,” the message said.
In turn, the head of the Kalachevsky district, Roman Gorbaty, said that there were no victims.
“To ensure the safety of residents of the village of Oktyabrsky, buses were prepared, places for shelter were declared on the territory of the village. Due to the lack of necessity, the evacuation was not carried out. At the moment, serious damage to civilian infrastructure was not recorded. Separate apartments were knocked out of glass,” He wrote on social networks.
According to the online score of the Volgograd Airport, three flights of Volgograd – Moscow, one flight Volgograd – Perm, as well as three flights Moscow – Volgograd were detained.