Russian air defense equipment (air defense) over the past night destroyed and intercepted 36 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over four regions. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Saturday, February 8.
“During the last night, 36 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed and intercepted by the air defense systems: 18 UAVs were shot down over the territory of the Rostov Region; 11 UAVs were interpreted above the territory of the Volgograd region; five were destroyed above the territory of the Belgorod region and two over the Krasnodar Territory” , – follows from the message.
The Governor of the Volgograd Region Andrei Bocharov announced the attack of drones on the oil refineries in the Kumylzhensky district.
“Tonight, February 8, on duty funds of the air defense of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in the Volgograd region, an UAV attack was reflected in the oil refineries in the Kumylzhensky district. The forces of the fire service of the region and the Ministry of Emergencies promptly arrived at the place, the fire did not arise as a result of the fall. There are no damage to residential facilities and victims, ”the region quotes the head of the region as the head of the region’s administration.
In turn, the acting governor of the Rostov region, Yuri Slyusar, said that Dronov was subjected to Rostov-on-Don and Chertkovsky district.
“Unfortunately, as a result of the fall of drones, suppressed by means of electronic warfare, as well as their fragments of damage, objects on Earth received,” he wrote a Telegram channel.
According to Slyusar, the Chertkovsky district damaged administrative buildings of the enterprise, 6 employees were evacuated.
“According to the information specified at 06:30, windows and window frames in 14 apartment buildings are damaged in Rostov. Savior calculations work in the place, and buses also arrived for heating the evacuated residents. To deploy a temporary accommodation and diet of people is prepared by Lyceum No. 20 named after V.P. Polyanichko, ”the governor said.
“At 10:00 in the administration of Rostov-on-Don, it is planned to hold an unscheduled meeting of the emergency commission,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Veniamin Kondratyev said that the purpose of the attack was civilian objects in the Slavic district. “Unfortunately, when the wreckage of UAVs fall in five houses, there are damage to the roof, the windows are broken. According to preliminary information, there are no injured,” he wrote in his Telegram channel.