Russian air defense equipment (air defense) over the past night intercepted and destroyed 57 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over a number of regions. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Wednesday, March 19.
“during the last night, 57 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed and intercepted by the air defense systems: 35 UAVs – above the territory of the Kursk region, 13 UAVs – above the territory of the Oryol region, seven UAVs – above the water area of the Azov Sea, one UAV – above the territory of the Tula region and one BPL – above the territory of the Bryansk region,” – follows from the message.
Meanwhile, the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar Territory reported that the attack of Ukrainian drones was reflected in the village of the Caucasus of the Caucasus District.
“The area of fire 20 sq. M. damaged the pipeline between the tanks. Automatic fire extinguishing and cooling system worked. The fire was assigned 4 rank of complexity, 105 people and 45 units of equipment, special and emergency services,” the operastack said in the Telegram channel.
“According to preliminary data, there are no victims. 30 people of the shift on duty were evacuated. The work of the enterprise was suspended,” the message says.
In addition, the Federal Air Transport Agency introduced restrictions on airports in Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan and Nizhnekamsk.
On Tuesday, on March 18, a telephone conversation of the Presidents of the Russian Federation and the USA Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump was held, during which the leaders “continued a detailed and frank exchange of views on the situation around Ukraine.”
According to the Kremlin, during the conversation, Donald Trump put forward a proposal for the mutual refusal of the parties to the conflict from strikes for 30 days on energy infrastructure facilities. Vladimir Putin positively responded to this initiative and immediately gave the Russian military the corresponding team. Kyiv on its part also supported the proposal to terminate the attacks on energy infrastructure. What the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated.
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