Russia said on Saturday it had destroyed 47 Ukrainian drones overnight, mainly in the Rostov region, which borders Ukraine. “Air defense systems intercepted and destroyed one drone on the territory of the Belgorod region, two in the Kursk region, three in the Volgograd region and 41 in the Rostov region,” the Russian army announced on the networks social.
Russia said on Saturday it had destroyed 47 Ukrainian drones overnight, mainly in the Rostov region, which borders Ukraine. “Air defense systems intercepted and destroyed one drone on the territory of the Belgorod region, two in the Kursk region, three in the Volgograd region and 41 in the Rostov region,” the Russian army announced on the networks social. kyiv regularly launches drone attacks on Russian territory, while Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine enters its third year.
The Rostov region (southern Russia) is an important center for planning Russian operations against Ukraine. Its governor, Vasily Golubev, said on social media that one of the attacks had hit the town of Taganrog, on the Sea of Azov, near a region of Ukraine occupied by Russia. He reported an injured rescuer, but assured that there was “no death”.
No victims
The governor of the Russian region of Kursk, Roman Starovoyt, further north and also bordering Ukraine, declared for his part that a clinic had been damaged by an attack. This official released a video showing him outside “polyclinic number 6 in Kursk”, with the top of the establishment visibly damaged.
“Luckily, everyone is alive,” he said, adding that doctors had evacuated the patients to a nearby hospital. Kursk, which has some 440,000 inhabitants, is located around 120 km from the Ukrainian border.