The military institution announced on its official Telegram channel that five unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were shot down over the Crimean Peninsula territory, three more over Belgorod, and two over the Oryol region.

The Defense Ministry, which described the attacks as terrorist, did not specify the targets of the strikes, and announced that two Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed in the last day: one in the Kursk region and one in the Belgorod region.

The Russian provinces bordering Ukraine, such as Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Voronezh, and the Republic of Crimea, regularly report shelling, drone strikes, and other attacks from across the border, forcing the population to seek shelter elsewhere.

During the last few months, Ukraine focused its drone attacks on Russian refineries, fuel depots, and other oil industry facilities, mainly in the border provinces, but also in more remote areas such as Nizhny Novgorod, Bashkortostan, or Tatarstan.

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