According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, on the night of March 12, Russian air defense systems captured 25 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in seven regions.
According to the ministry, two drones were seized in the Moscow region, one in the Leningrad region, 11 in the Kursk region and seven in the Belgorod region. Two more air defense UAVs were seized in the Oryol region, and one UAV each in the Bryansk and Tula regions.
INSIDE Moscow region the drone was shot down in the Ramensky urban area, it was flying towards Moscow, reported Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. According to preliminary information, there was no damage or loss of life where the debris fell.
Authorities Leningrad region He reported the destruction of a drone near the city of Kirishi (about 110 km from St. Petersburg in a straight line).
INSIDE Kursk regionAccording to local authorities, drones were destroyed in Fatezhsky, Kursk, Zolotukhinsky, Solntsevsky and Ponyrovsky districts. A missile threat was declared and air defenses were activated. The results on the field are being made clear. Governor Roman Starovoyt He thanked “our air defense men.”
INSIDE Tula region There was no infrastructure damage or loss of life in the drone attack. reported Ministry of Regional Security.
Authorities Voronezh region also reported that a UAV was shot down. However, this area is not mentioned in the Ministry of Defense report. According to preliminary information, there are no results on the field. A danger regime from air targets was not introduced. “I keep the operational situation in the region under control” reported Governor Alexander Gusev.
Attacks on fuel and energy facilities
Oil depots in the Oryol and Nizhny Novgorod regions caught fire due to a drone attack. INSIDE orle A drone crashed onto the fuel and energy complex facility. reported Governor Andrey Klychkov. No one was injured, but a tank containing petroleum products caught fire. According to local residents quoted “Attention, news”After the explosion, smoke appeared in the area of \u200b\u200bthe local oil depot located near the Afanasyevsky cemetery.
“Special services are working at the scene to control the fire,” the governor wrote. The area of the fire in Orel reached 100 square meters after a few hours. Authorities evacuated 17 people from nearby homes.
UAVs also attacked fuel tanks Nizhny Novgorod regionIn the industrial area of the city of Kstovo.
A resident of Kstovo told socialbites.ca that he heard an “unpleasant hum” before the explosion:
“Today around 5.30 am, I came out of the entrance, an unpleasant hum was heard and soon there was an explosion. I looked behind me and saw a flash. I live on the outskirts of the city, two kilometers from the oil depot. I might have thought the gas was exploding, but this hum in the sky alerted me. Yeah, it’s getting pretty scary.”
“Currently, special services are working at the scene, using all the necessary forces and means to localize the fire at one of the oil refinery facilities. According to preliminary data, there are no casualties,” said the regional governor Gleb Nikitin.
WITH extinguishing The fires in Kstovo attracted the attention of a fire train.
Drones and missiles
INSIDE Belgorod region The UAV dropped four explosives and damaged a power line. The villages of Yasnye Zori, Cheremoshnoye, Lozovoye, Ustinka, Rovenek, Solovyovka and Petrovka were left without electricity. reported Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov. A missile threat was declared throughout the Belgorod region.
The head of the district said that several settlements in the Shebekinsky urban district were attacked simultaneously. In Shebekino, the windows of two apartment buildings were broken and power lines were damaged in Novaya Tavolzhanka.
According to the Ministry of Defense, in addition to unmanned aerial vehicles, air defense was shot One Tochka-U missile and eight Vampire MLRS shells over the Belgorod region.
In the morning, Governor Gladkov reported that five air targets were hit in the Belgorod region and four unmanned aerial vehicles in the Borisov region. In the village of Borisovka, the windows of a private house were broken and the road surface of a school stadium was damaged. In the village of Dubino, the windows of a private house were broken, its facade and fence, as well as the shed of another house, were damaged.
Channel plinth reported that one local resident was injured. According to preliminary data, he was injured as a result of a drone crash. The man was injured in his hand and was taken to hospital.
Attack by saboteurs
On the morning of March 12, Russian military officers reported an attempt to break through Ukrainian DRGs towards the Belgorod and Kursk regions.
According to WarGonzo, several armed groups (about 50 people) attempted to break through with pickup trucks supported by mortar and artillery fire. Voenkor reported that Approaching the border, several enemy tanks were detected, providing fire during the attempt to attack. The war started.
Residents of the Kursk region also reported an armed conflict in the Tetkino region. By channel plinth2 people were injured during the collision. It was stated that one of the injured was a local resident. There is no official information about the situation yet.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian public pages report on the operations of the “Russian Volunteer Corps” (recognized as a terrorist organization in the Russian Federation), the “Freedom of Russia” legion (an organization banned in Russia) and the battles of the “Siberian Battalion” . On the Ukrainian side. According to Strana.ua, Russia’s Legion of Freedom has already confirmed its participation in the operation, saying “we will take our land from the regime centimeter by centimeter.”
WarGonzo at 9am Moscow time reportedIn the Belgorod region “the enemy was forced to return to their original positions, where they were protected by long-range weapons.”
VGTRK correspondent Andrei Rudenko confirmed the attempt of Ukrainian formations to infiltrate the Kursk and Belgorod regions. According to him, in the Tetkino area “part of the enemy forces were destroyed, the rest retreated.”
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Source: Gazeta
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