On approaching Belgorod, the air defense system shot down 12 air targets

The air defense system (air defense) worked over Belgorod and the Belgorod region, 12 air targets were shot down on approach to the city, informed Governor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov.

Data on the consequences are being clarified by the operational services, he wrote in his Telegram channel.

Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation meanwhile reportedthat the Ukrainian military tried to strike Russian targets with drones on the afternoon of August 20, the drones were destroyed over the Belgorod region.

“August 20, at about 14:00 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by two aircraft-type UAVs on objects in the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted,” the report says.

According to the defense department, there were no casualties or damage as a result of the air defense operation.

Earlier today, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin informedthat air defense stopped a night attempt to fly an unmanned aerial vehicle to Moscow. The Ministry of Defense also announced a downed Ukrainian drone flying towards the capital, it fell not far from Putilkovo near Moscow.

Another Attack Attempt happened in the Rostov region. On the morning of August 20, two kamikaze drones fell on the territory of a military unit as a result of the operation of electronic warfare (EW), no one was injured, the authorities of the region reported.