The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported the liquidation of 78 drones over the territory of the seven regions of the country.
“During the last night, the air defense systems were intercepted and destroyed by 78 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles: 32 UAVs – above the territory of the Voronezh region, 19 UAVs – above the territory of the Saratov region, 17 UAVs – above the territory of Kursk, 6 UAVs above the territory of Belgorod, two BPLs – over the territory of Lipetsk, one of the BPL – above the territories of Rostovskaya and the Tambov regions, ”- follows from the publication of the defense department in the telegram channel on Friday, March 28.
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 the office of the Ukrainian president 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 in a video show after a massive drone attack 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 2023, 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.