russian air defense forces destroyed 158 ukrainian drones overnight
2024-09-02
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reference news reported on september 1according to a report by the russian satellite news agency on september 1, the russian ministry of defense said that russian air defense forces shot down 158 ukrainian drones over 15 regions of russia overnight.
the russian defense ministry said: "over the past night, the kiev regime attempted to use drones to launch a terrorist attack on facilities in the russian federation. the air defense equipment on duty destroyed and intercepted a total of 158 ukrainian drones."
the report also stated that the largest number of ukrainian drones destroyed was in kursk oblast, with 46, followed by 34 in bryansk oblast, 28 in voronezh oblast, 14 in belgorod oblast and two in the capital moscow.
the report mentioned that kiev tries to use drones to attack russia's border areas and central hinterland almost every day.
according to afp on september 1, russia said on the 1st that it had thwarted a "large-scale" drone attack on western russia and another attack on the capital.
"our defenders are repelling a massive drone attack attempt," said alexander bogomaz, governor of the bryansk region.
bogomaz said on the telegram social platform that dozens of drones were "confirmed and destroyed" by the russian army, causing no casualties or damage.
moscow mayor sergei sobyanin said that from last night to the early morning of the 1st, several ukrainian drones launched towards the capital were shot down by russian troops.
belgorod oblast governor vyacheslav gladkov said: "in belgorod oblast, the glass of three residential buildings was damaged. a public utility building was completely destroyed." (compiled by qiu fang)
