Russian air defense intercepts 37 Ukrainian drones over Kursk, Bryansk, Oryol and the Sea of ​​Azov

MADRID Dec. 14 () –

The Army’s air defense forces have “intercepted and destroyed” during the early hours of Saturday about forty Ukrainian drones over different regions of the country, including Kursk or Bryansk and points over the Sea of ​​Azov, according to Russian authorities.

“Over the past night, when the kyiv regime attempted to carry out terrorist attacks using unmanned aerial vehicles against targets on the territory of Russia, the service air defense systems destroyed and intercepted 37 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles,” he explained. the country’s Ministry of Defense in a statement shared through Telegram.

From Defense they have clarified that at least twelve of these drones have been destroyed over the regional territory of Kursk and Krasnodar, another seven unmanned aerial vehicles have been shot down over the Briansk region; five more in Oriol territory and a last one over the Sea of ​​Azov.

The governor of the Oryol region, Andréi Klichkov, has reported that, as a result of the attack, a fire has broken out in the facilities of a regional fuel infrastructure, without any casualties being reported.

“As a result of the night enemy attack, eleven enemy drones were destroyed by our air defense forces over the Oryol region. The fire at the damaged fuel infrastructure facility was localized, operational services are carrying out additional work to completely eliminate the consequences “added the regional governor through the same platform.

These attacks take place after the Ukrainian authorities reported this Friday a “massive attack” by the Russian Army against its energy system, with the launch of missiles and drones against the capital, kyiv, and numerous provinces, following the promise made the day before by Moscow to respond to an attack by Ukraine against an air base in the city of Rostov, located in southwestern Russia, in which it would have used American-made ATACMS missiles.