The Defense Ministry said that Russian air defense systems shot down 158 Ukrainian drones over 15 Russian regions overnight, including two over Moscow.
Russia said Sunday morning it had foiled new overnight drone attacks in the west, including one, «massive»in the Bryansk region, bordering Ukraine, and another that targeted a power plant in the Moscow region, without reporting any casualties.
“Our defense foils an attempt of a massive drone attack over the territory of the Bryansk region”local governor Alexander Bogomaz reported around 01:00 (2200 GMT Saturday). The Defense Ministry later said that Russian air defenses shot down 158 Ukrainian drones over 15 Russian regions overnight, including two over Moscow.
The ministry reported on Telegram that the largest number of drones, 122, were shot down over the Kursk, Bryansk, Voronezh and Belgorod regions, which border Ukraine. According to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, 10 drones targeted different districts of the capital. Russian authorities reported a fire at the Kapotnya oil refinery, owned by energy giant Gazprom, in southeast Moscow.
In the Tver region, northwest of the Russian capital, five drones targeted the area where the Konakovo power plant is located and caused a disaster that was quickly brought under control, according to Governor Igor Rudenya. In the south of the Moscow region, a night attack using three drones also targeted the Kachira coal-fired power plant, said district head Mikhail Shuvalov.
No casualties
“There were no casualties or damage” and the attack did not provoke “no fire”assured the local official on Telegram, adding that “electricity is correctly delivered to subscribers”A total of five aircraft flying towards the capital were neutralized by Russian forces, according to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, more than a week after what the elected official had described as the“one of the most important” drone attacks in Moscow history – the defense had destroyed 11 drones at that time, according to the authorities.
Russian defense also shot down missiles in the regions of Belgorod and Voronezh, which border Ukraine, as well as in Lipetsk, Ryazan and Orel, according to their governors. “The glazing of three residential buildings in Belgorod was damaged. Within a private residence, a utility building was completely destroyed.”according to Vyacheslav Gladkov, head of the Belgorod region. The state news agency Tass also reports the destruction of aircraft in the Tver and Tula regions. On Wednesday, two fuel depots caught fire in the Russian regions of Rostov and Kirov following attacks by Ukrainian drones.
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