Ukrainian drones launched an attack on nine regions of Russia on the night of Monday into Tuesday, the BBC's Russian section reported. The Moscow Defense Ministry reported shooting down 144 drones. According to former spokesman for the General Staff Vladislav Seleznev, the targets of a massive strike were traditionally airports and fuel depots.
The BBC reported, citing a statement from the Russian Defense Ministry, that 72 drones were shot down over the Bryansk region, 20 over the Moscow region, 14 over the Kursk region, and 13 over the Tula region. Individual drones were also shot down over other regions. Russia.
In the town of Ramenskoye near Moscow, one of the drones hit a skyscraper. A fire broke out in apartments on the 11th and 12th floors.
A skyscraper in the city of Ramenskoye after a drone attack YURI KOCHETKOV/PAP/EPA
Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyov said the attack killed a 46-year-old resident of the building and injured eight people. Fifty-four of the 102 apartments were damaged.
Closed airports
Moscow's airports were out of commission for several hours due to drone attacks. They resumed operations after the threat passed. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported at the time of the attack that the effects of the fall of fragments from the downed drone were being “eliminated” near Zhukovsky Airport (in Moscow Region). Telegram channels showed footage of a fire that broke out at the facility.
A skyscraper in the city of Ramenskoye after a drone attack YURI KOCHETKOV/PAP/EPA
In the Tula region, fragments of a drone fell on the territory of a fuel base.
New record
Kiev has not officially commented on the reports of a massive nighttime drone attack. However, the events were commented on by Vladislav Seleznev, a former spokesman for the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
– 144 drones is a new, absolute record – the military officer said, noting that the armed forces Ukraine They certainly sent a larger number of drones, and the Ministry of Defense in Moscow did not inform how many drones were not shot down.
Seleznev told NV that drones attacked, among other places, the runway at Zhukovsky Airport, which is used by both civilian and military aircraft. He also noted reports of explosions at the Shaikovka air base in Kaluga Oblast, as well as in the area of Chalino Airport in Kursk Oblast.
– Tu-22M3 aircraft, which carry out attacks on Ukrainian territory using Kh-22 and Kh-32 missiles, take off from Shaikovka airport. Shahed-131 drones, in turn, are launched from the Chalino base – said the former spokesman for the General Staff in Kiev. He also added that as a result of the night attack, a fuel base in Kursk region was hit.
“War is all about resources. The more resources the enemy loses to large-scale drone attacks, the better for us,” he said.
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