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Russia says it neutralized 396 UAVs as one person was killed in Voronezh
Russia’s Defense Ministry said 396 fixed-wing UAVs were intercepted and destroyed in various regions of the country between 8 p.m. on August 10 and 8 a.m. on August 11. One person was killed and two others were injured after an attack in Voronezh.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 396 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles in various regions of the country and in Crimea overnight.
The ministry said the operations took place between 8 p.m. on August 10 and 8 a.m. on August 11 in the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Orenburg, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Tambov and Tula regions, as well as around Moscow and in Crimea.
One person was killed in the Voronezh attack
A fire broke out at one of the warehouses belonging to a major company after a UAV attack in the Voronezh region. The regional administration said the fire at one facility had been contained across an area of 16,000 square meters, while the flames at a second facility had been confined to an area of 75,000 square meters.
Fifteen UAVs were detected and destroyed in the airspace over Voronezh city and five districts, it was announced. A 49-year-old man who was outside when debris struck him in the Novo-Usmansky district was seriously injured and died at the hospital to which he was taken. Two other people were injured.
The debris damaged three trucks and one car, it was stated. The regional administration called on people not to share online photos or videos showing the aftermath of the attacks together with location data.
Belgorod reports 126 attacks
Acting Governor of the Belgorod region Alexander Shuvalev said the region had been attacked 126 times over the past 24 hours. The attacks affected 19 municipal districts, while five artillery and air strikes were carried out and explosives were dropped from UAVs on two occasions, it was reported.
Shuvalev said 147 Ukrainian UAVs had been shot down or suppressed over the region. He said one civilian had been killed in the attacks and that a woman who had earlier been seriously injured had also died in hospital. Seven people were injured, and two of the injured remained under treatment.
People suffering acoustic trauma, crush injuries and blast-related wounds caused by UAV explosions and attacks sought treatment at healthcare facilities in Belgorod on different dates. Some of the injured were treated in hospital, while others received outpatient care or were discharged after receiving medical treatment, it was announced.
Damage was identified in 67 settlements in the Belgorod region over the past 24 hours. The damaged property included 24 detached houses, 17 summer homes, 37 cars and trucks, five buildings or sections belonging to businesses, one social facility, two infrastructure facilities, garages and auxiliary structures. Fires rendered two houses, one summer home, four vehicles and one tractor unusable, it was reported.
Russia claims facilities in Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia were hit
Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed that military-industrial facilities and transportation and logistics hubs in Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia were hit in a group attack carried out overnight with high-precision weapons launched from the ground.
The ministry said a distribution terminal in Kyiv, which it alleged stored dual-use products and components for long- and medium-range UAVs, as well as a logistics center covering approximately 50,000 square meters, had been targeted. It also claimed that a metallurgical facility in Zaporizhzhia used to produce protective equipment for military vehicles had been hit.
Three people were killed and five were injured in attacks in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, it was reported. One person was injured after a hospital building was hit in the Kyiv region, while six people were killed and more than 50 were injured in the Zaporizhzhia region over the past 24 hours. Eleven people were injured in the Kharkiv region, it was stated.
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