Russia intercepts a wave of Ukrainian drones in eight regions of the country, including Moscow and Belgorod

During the early hours of this Sunday, the air defense forces of the Russian army intercepted a total 35 Ukrainian drones in eight different provinces, including Moscow, reporting the death of one person in a fire resulting from the attack by Ukrainian forces in the Kuban region.

“During the night and morning of March 17, attempts by the Kiev regime to carry out terrorist attacks using unmanned aerial vehicles against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation were stopped,” the Ministry of Defense wrote on its website on Sunday morning. Telegram channel.

Defense has clarified that “air defense assets intercepted and destroyed 35 unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of Moscow (4), Belgorod (3), Kaluga (2), Oryol (1), Rostov (1), Yaroslavl (4), Kursk (3 ) and Krasnodar (17). As a result, the activities of the Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports have been significantly reduced over the past few hours, while air crews, air traffic controllers and airport services have taken all necessary measures to ensure flight safety as a top priority.

A few hours later, the three facilities in Moscow were operating at full capacity again.

This wave of attacks comes after the governor of Russia’s Bryansk region announced the launch of a Ukrainian ballistic missilethe same day that the Russian Foreign Ministry had reported the deaths of fifteen people as a result of Ukraine’s aggression over the past two days.