Air defense equipment over the past night destroyed and intercepted 70 drones over the regions of Russia. This is on Monday, February 3 was reported in the Telegram channel of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
“during the last night, the air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 70 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles,” follows from the publication.
The department clarified that 27 UAVs are shot down over the territory of the Rostov region, 25 UAVs – above the territory of Volgograd; Seven – over the territory of Astrakhan, five – above the territory of Voronezh, four – above the territory of Belgorod and two above the territory of the Kursk region.
In the meantime, in the Volgograd region, due to the attack of the UAV, fires arose in the territory of the refineries.
“Tonight, the air defense air defense forces repelled a massive attack of airplane drones on the territory of the Volgograd region. Most of the UAVs were intercepted and neutralized. There were no victims. As a result of the fall in the fragments, local fires arose on the territory of the oil refining plant, which were promptly localized”, – says in the publication in the official account of the administration of the Volgograd region in the telegram channel.
There were also short -term voltage drops in the mains, power supply to the city of Volgograd and adjacent municipalities is carried out in full, the administration noted.
According to the head of the Rostov region, Yuri Slyusar, the air defense systems were shot down by 29 drones over the Rostov region, there were no injured.
The Governor of the Astrakhan Region Igor Grandmother reported that during “an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack objects in the region, including the fuel energy complex, a fire occurred”.
The attacks of drones on the Russian regions began in 2022 against the backdrop of the “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 2023, President Vladimir Zelensky said that the whole world sees the results of Ukraine’s use of drones of its own production in strategic objects in Russia. “I think everyone sees that our drones work. And they work long -range. Our range is a real approach of security for everyone,” the head of the Ukrainian state of video showing after a massive attack of drones in 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 last year, the drone exploded over the Senate Palace in the Kremlin, repeatedly UAVs entered the buildings of the Moscow City business center. The targets are also often become border Bryansk, Belgorod and Kursk regions and annexed Crimea.