The military institution noted that 203 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones were intercepted and shot down in the Belgorod, Bryansk, Crimea, Kaluga, Lipetsk, Moscow, Novgorod, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tambov, Tver, Vladimir, Vologda, Voronezh, and Yaroslavl, as well as over the Black Sea regions of European Russia in the last 24 hours.

Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev earlier informed of one death and four injuries from a massive airstrike on the southwestern Crimean city.

Vologda Governor Georgy Filimono announced that a drone attack on his region resulted in the puncture of a sulfuric acid pipeline at a nitrogen production complex belonging to the Apatit plant in Cherepovets.

Filimonov informed that five people were hospitalized due to the attack, one of them is in serious condition.

Meanwhile, the national air transport agency, Rosaviatsia, reported that temporary flights have been restricted at the airports of Nizhny Novgorod, Cherepovets, Yaroslavl, Kaluga, Tambov, and Vnukovo (Moscow) yesterday due to security reasons.

Russia has been conducting a special military operation in Ukraine since February 24, 2022, to protect the population from “the Kiev regime’s genocide,” according to President Vladimir Putin.

It also aims to counter national security risks posed by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)’s eastward expansion.

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