Kyiv has repeatedly launched drones into Russia throughout Moscow’s army offensive in Ukraine
Rostov, Ukraine:
Russia mentioned on Saturday it had destroyed 47 Ukrainian drones over its southern areas in a single day, principally within the Rostov space bordering Ukraine.
Kyiv has repeatedly launched drones into Russia throughout Moscow’s army offensive in Ukraine, now in its third 12 months.
“Air defence methods on obligation intercepted and destroyed over the territories of Belgorod area (one drone), Kursk area (two drones), Volgograd area (three drones) and Rostov area (41 drones),” the Russian military mentioned on social media.
The southern Rostov area is a hub for the Russian military to plan its army operations in Ukraine.
Rostov governor Vasily Golubev mentioned on social media {that a} drone assault had hit town of Taganrog, on the Azov Sea close to a Russian-occupied a part of Ukraine.
He mentioned a rescue employee was wounded however there have been “no useless”.
Social media channels near the Russian military mentioned Ukraine had focused an aviation plant in Taganrog.
“In Taganrog, in all probability, the goal of raid was the Beriev aviation plant,” Telegram channel Rybar, with shut military hyperlinks, mentioned.
The channel additionally alleged that one other goal was a army air base additional into Russia within the city of Morozovsk.
Authorities within the Kursk area, which lies additional north and likewise borders Ukraine, mentioned a clinic had been broken in the primary metropolis of Kursk.
Regional governor Roman Starovoyt posted a video of himself outdoors “polyclinic quantity 6 in Kursk”. The highest of the inexperienced constructing was visibly broken.
“Fortunately, everyone seems to be alive,” Starovoyt mentioned, including that medics had evacuated sufferers from a close-by hospital.
Kursk is a metropolis of round 440,000 individuals, round 120 kilometres (75 miles) from the Ukraine border.
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