Air Defense Fluids destroyed and intercepted 79 air -air drones over the regions of Russia. This was reported on Friday, April 25 in the telegram channel of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
“For the period from 20.10 Moscow time on April 24 to 06.00 Moscow time on April 25, the air defense systems were intercepted and destroyed 79 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of aircraft type,”- follows from the message.
It is specified that 59 UAVs are intercepted above the territory of the annexed Crimea, 11 UAVs – above the Black Sea water area, four UAVs above the territory of the Belgorod region, two UAVs above the territory of the Kursk region, two UAVs above the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region, one UAV – above the territory of the Ivanovo region.
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 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.