Russian air defense equipment (air defense) during the last night destroyed 12 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of aircraft type over three regions. On Tuesday, September 24, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.
“Seven Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles on duty have been destroyed over the territory of Belgorod, four over the territory of the Kursk and one over the territory of the Bryansk regions,” the Russian department said in a statement.
Later, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported the destruction of another UAV over the territory of the Kursk region.
The attacks of drones on the Russian regions began in 2022 amid a “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, President Vladimir Zelensky said that the whole world sees the results of Ukraine’s use of drones of its own production of strategic facilities in Russia. “I think everyone sees that our drones work. And they work long -range. Our long -rangeness is a real approach of security for everyone,” said the head of the Ukrainian state in a video message after a massive attack of drones on 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, one of the drones exploded over the dome of the Senate Palace on the territory of the Kremlin, the buildings of the business center of the Russian capital – “Moscow City” became the target of the BPP. The targets are also often become border Bryansk, Belgorod and Kursk regions and annexed Crimea.