Air defense equipment (air defense) during the night destroyed 16 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the Bryansk and Kursk regions of the Russian Federation. On Tuesday, September 17, it was reported in the telegram channel of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
“During the last night, an attempt by the Kyiv regime has been suppressed to make a terrorist attack with the use of an aircraft type UPS on objects in the Russian Federation,” follows from the publication.
Fifteen unmanned aerial vehicles on duty of the air defense systems destroyed over the territory of the Bryansk region and one over the territory of the Kursk region, the department said.
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.