Russia's Defense Ministry announced that air defense systems had intercepted 205 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles overnight on August 17 over the country's territory and the airspace above the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.
Six civilians were killed and four people injured in an airstrike in Belgorod region that same night. Aleksandr Shuvalev, the acting governor of Belgorod region, said the attack took place in the village of Koloskovo in Valuysky district.
One of the injured is a child. Medical teams treated two of the injured at the scene, and they declined to be taken to hospital. The other injured people were taken to Valuysky Central District Hospital along with the child.
A structure caught fire and a car was damaged after the attack in Koloskovo. Medical teams continued treating the injured.
More than 50 UAVs intercepted in Rostov region
Rostov region Governor Yuriy Slyusar announced that more than 50 unmanned aerial vehicles had been destroyed during overnight airstrikes.
Slyusar said the UAVs were intercepted over Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Novoshakhtinsk, Bataysk, Taganrog and Donetsk, as well as in nine districts of Rostov region. No deaths or damage on the ground were identified after the attacks, and the situation was being assessed.
Regions where UAVs were intercepted identified
Russia's Defense Ministry said the intercepted unmanned aerial vehicles had been detected over Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Volgograd, Kaluga, Kursk and Rostov regions, as well as over Crimea.
Ports of Odesa and Izmail targeted
The ministry also announced that attacks were continuing against port infrastructure in Ukraine and naval vessels it said were being used to support the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
According to the ministry, a patrol boat and fuel tanks were targeted at the Port of Odesa. At the Port of Izmail, a dock terminal, hangars containing Western-made military vehicles and areas where unmanned surface vessels were stored were struck.
