Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over the territory of the country’s Belgorod region, the Russian Defense Ministry said early Wednesday.
"On September 19, around 11:45 pm Moscow time [20:45 GMT], an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack against facilities on the territory of Russia using an aircraft-type UAV was thwarted. Air defense systems on duty destroyed the unmanned aerial vehicle over the Belgorod region," the ministry said in a statement.
In addition, on Wednesday, the governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov in his telegram channel published a summary of the attacks for September 19: the Ukrainian military fired 86 shells of various types at four border municipalities, including 4 explosive devices dropped from a drone. Four drones were shot down in the Belgorod region and one in the Shebekinsky district.
"In the Belgorod region, 15 artillery shells were fired at the village of Naumovka, 4 and 5 artillery shells were fired at the villages of Krasny Khutor and Zhuravlevka, respectively. One UAV was shot down in the villages of Blizhneye, New Village and Pushkarnoye, as well as in the village of Maysky," Gladkov noted.
He added that in the Valuysky district in the village of Chernigov, a kamikaze drone fell with subsequent detonation, there were no consequences.
Since April 11, 2022, a high (yellow) level of terrorist danger has been established on the entire territory of the Belgorod Region. The need to introduce the regime is caused by the aggravation of the situation on the Ukrainian-Russian border and the increased activity of the Ukrainian military in the border areas. The length of the Ukrainian border with the Belgorod region is 350 kilometers.