Moscow claims to have destroyed several Ukrainian aerial drones in border regions during the night from Wednesday to Thursday, without reporting any casualties at this stage.
In four separate statements, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Telegram that six drones were shot down between 10 p.m. Wednesday and 12:45 a.m. Thursday over the territory of the western Bryansk region. Local governor Alexander Bogomaz also reported on Telegram the same number of aircraft destroyed above the districts of Ounetchski, Brasovski, Starodubski and Karatchevksi, the latter being very close to the city of Briansk.
Earlier, Russian Defense reported that another Ukrainian drone was shot down at 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday over the Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine’s Kharkiv region further south. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that the device had been intercepted above the village of Toulyanka, a few dozen kilometers from Ukraine.