Governor of the Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov telegraph channelThe Russian air defense system (AD) shot down an aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the Valuysky urban area.
“In the Valuysky urban district, an aircraft-type UAV was shot down by an air defense system. According to preliminary data, there are no victims. Results in the field are being clarified by operational services,” he wrote.
Earlier, the governor of the Belgorod region on a Telegram channel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was shot on khutor Leonovka, one of the bullets hit the territory of the kindergarten.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a military special operation to protect Donbass, in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.