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Russian Defense Ministry repels Ukraine's massive overnight drone attack
The Russian Defense Ministry announced that air defense systems downed 415 Ukrainian drones on the night of July 7-8. While material damage occurred in the Rostov, Tatarstan, and Saratov regions targeted by the attacks, one civilian was killed in Saratov.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced that it had repelled a large-scale drone attack by Ukraine. According to the ministry’s statement, air defense systems downed a total of 415 Ukrainian drones overnight from July 7 to 8.
The regions where the drones were downed included Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Vologda, Voronezh, Vladimir, Kursk, Lipetsk, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov, Tula oblasts, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the republics of Crimea and Tatarstan, as well as over the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.
Rostov Region Governor Yuri Slyusar reported that the region came under a heavy air attack. The governor announced that two tankers heading to Rostov-on-Don in the Taganrog Bay were damaged in the drone strike, and two people were lightly injured. Slyusar also noted that the tankers were empty and no oil spill occurred.
The Rostov governor stated that approximately 70 drones were neutralized in the attack, and that Millerovsky, Chertkovsky, Verkhnedonskoy, Sholokhovsky, Bokovsky, Tarasovsky, Kamensky, Kasharsky, Bagayevsky, Kuybyshevsky, Rodionovo-Nesvetaysky districts, along with the cities of Novoshakhtinsk and Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, as well as Taganrog Bay, were targeted.
The press service of the Presidency of Tatarstan reported that some enterprises in Nizhnekamsk were damaged in the attack on the republic's Zakamsk region, and that there were light injuries. The press service also stated that a private residence was hit in the Tukayevsky district, and two people were injured.
Saratov Region Governor Roman Busargin announced that a civilian was killed in the drone attack. Busargin stated that civilian infrastructure was damaged, the wounded were receiving treatment, and he offered condolences to the relatives of the deceased.
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