The Russian military foiled a new attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) to launch a drone attack on Russian territory. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported this to journalists.
“On March 16, at around 15.30 Moscow time, the attempt of the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation using aircraft-type UAVs was stopped,” the message said.
It was noted that two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by Russian air defense systems in the Belgorod region.
On March 16, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that Ukrainian saboteurs tested to gain a foothold in the Belgorod village of Kozinka, but they were prevented. According to the ministry, fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine arrived at the Russian border with two Mi-8 helicopters.
Before that the Russian army hit In the drone assembly workshop near the village of Konotop, Sumy region, Ukraine.
Formerly Ministry of Defense reported On the suppression of an attack on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation using the RM-70 Vampire multiple launch rocket system.