Russia claimed to have destroyed several Ukrainian aerial drones in the border regions of Bryansk and Belgorod (west) on the night of Wednesday September 13 to Thursday September 14, 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. local time Wednesday (9 p.m. Paris) and 12:45 a.m. (11:45 p.m. Paris) over territory in the region west of Bryansk, bordering Ukraine.
Local governor Alexander Bogomaz also reported on Telegram the same number of aircraft destroyed above the districts of Ounetchski, Brasovski, Starodubsky and Karatchevksy, the latter being very close to the city of Briansk. . There were no victims or damage, according to Alexandre Bogomaz.
Earlier, Russian defense reported that another Ukrainian drone was shot down at 9:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday (8:30 p.m. in Paris) over the Belgorod region, bordering 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.
Ukrainian drone offensives against Russian localities, whether regions close to Ukraine, annexed Crimea or the capital Moscow, have increased in recent months against the backdrop of a counter-offensive from Kiev started at the beginning of June.
Russia said it had destroyed two Ukrainian aerial drones on Monday in the Belgorod region, then three naval vehicles on Wednesday in the Black Sea after a first attack in the morning against a Russian shipyard in Sevastopol, in annexed Crimea.