Russian air defenses have destroyed at least 30 Ukrainian drone last night, the Ministry of Defense in Moscow announced, quoted by Reuters and BTA.
They were shot down over the southern Russian regions of Voronezh, Bryansk, Orel, Lipetsk and Belgorod, the agency said in the "Telegram" application.
A woman was slightly injured in the drone attack on the border Belgorod region, the governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, also said in Telegram. He added that several cars were also damaged.
Maxim Yegorov, governor of Tambov region, about 450 km southeast of Moscow, said a drone had crashed in the Michurinsky region of the region and caused a brief fire, but no one was injured and no property damage was caused.
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The Russian Ministry of Defense reports only how many drones have been shot down, but not how many Ukraine fires. Russian authorities also rarely announce the full extent of damage caused in attacks, especially when it comes to military or energy infrastructure.
Data cannot be independently verified. So far, there is no comment from the Ukrainian side. Kiev often says that its attacks on Russian territory are aimed at infrastructure that is key to the combat capability of the Russian military, and that they are in response to ongoing Russian strikes on Ukrainian territory.
Earlier, the mayor of the Ukrainian capital Vitaliy Klitschko announced that the city's air defenses were activated in the early hours of today to repel a wave of Russian drones headed for Kiev.
"Hide in the bomb shelters", he addressed the citizens via the "Telegram" application.