Russia’s military said Tuesday its air defenses destroyed 13 Ukrainian aerial drones, while officials in Ukrainian regions along the border with Russia reported damage from Russian shelling.
The Russian defense ministry said nine drones were destroyed over the Rostov region, where officials said there were no casualties as a result of the Ukrainian attacks.
Russia also reported intercepting Ukrainian drones over the Belgorod, Kursk and Voronezh region, as well as over the Black Sea near Russia-occupied Crimea.
In Kursk, Governor Alexey Smirnov said a Ukrainian aerial attack caused a fire at a factory that produces electrical devices in the town of Korenevo. No workers at the site were hurt, Smirnov said on Telegram.
Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said Tuesday on Telegram that Ukrainian attacks damaged buildings in several villages and injured at least eight people.
Serhiy Lysak, governor of Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, posted on Telegram that Ukrainian air defenses downed a Russian drone overnight.
Officials in the Mykolaiv, Kherson and Kharkiv regions also reported Tuesday that their areas had come under Russian shelling.
