Russian air defense (air defense systems) over the past night destroyed and intercepted 44 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of aircraft type. This is stated in the message of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Wednesday, November 20.
“20 UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Novgorod region, five UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Kursk region, four UAVs were destroyed above the territory of the Oryol region, three UAVs were shot down by the territories of the Belgorod, Tula and Tver regions, two UAVs were destroyed over the territories of Bryanskaya, Moscow and Smolensk regions, ”the Russian department said.
The Governor of the Novgorod Region Andrei Nikitin said that several unmanned aerial vehicles were discovered and destroyed by the air defense forces of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
“Law enforcement and power structures work on the spot. There are no victims and there are no victims,” he wrote in his Telegram channel.
“This night, the Oryol region was again attacked by the enemy – four enemy UAVs were shot down in our region. There are no damage and victims, operational services are working at the places of fall in the fragments,” the regional governor Andrei Klychkov wrote in Telegram- channel.
Name of the Press Service of the Air Harbor, they reported that the Kurumoch International Airport in the Samara Region is working regularly and there are no restrictions on the reception and release of aircraft.