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Drones Hit Energy Facilities in Russia’s Smolensk Region
Drones Hit Energy Facilities in Russia’s Smolensk Region
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Earlier on Friday, several Ukrainian drones were downed by Russian air defense systems near the Russian city of Kursk.
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Two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have targeted several energy facilities in Russia's Smolensk region, Acting Governor Vasily Anokhin wrote on his Telegram channel on Friday.Anokhin noted that no one was injured and that the facilities have not been critically damaged as a result of the attack. According to him, emergency services are already onsite. In early May, the authorities of the Smolensk region, which is located about 360 kilometers (220 miles) west-southwest of Moscow, introduced a ban on drone flights in the area.Kaluga Region Governor Vladislav Shapsha, for his part, said that an unidentified object collapsed and exploded in the region on Friday morning without any damage or victims. A representative of the local emergency services told Sputnik that the object was a drone, according to preliminary information.On Thursday morning, another unidentified object fell in a field in Kaluga Region's Dzerzhinsky district. The collapse resulted in an explosion which left a crater and set grass on fire, but no one was hurt in the incident, local authorities said. This came after similar developments took place in Moscow on Tuesday, when eight drones were intercepted by Russian air defenses, in an incident that officials stated caused no significant damages or injuries.It was noted at the time that the attack was likely related to Russian strikes against a decision-making center in Kiev, amid the ongoing Russian special military operation in Ukraine.
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Drones Hit Energy Facilities in Russia’s Smolensk Region
07:15 GMT 02.06.2023 (Updated: 10:02 GMT 02.06.2023) Earlier on Friday, several Ukrainian drones were downed by Russia's air defense systems near the Russian city of Kursk.
Two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have targeted several energy facilities in Russia's Smolensk region, Acting Governor Vasily Anokhin wrote on his Telegram channel on Friday.
He added that in the early hours of Friday, “two long-range drones attacked fuel and energy complex facilities” located in the villages of Peresna and Divasy in the Pochinkovsky and Smolensky Districts, respectively.
Anokhin noted that no one was injured and that the facilities have not been critically damaged as a result of the attack. According to him, emergency services are already onsite. In early May, the authorities of the Smolensk region, which is located about 360 kilometers (220 miles) west-southwest of Moscow, introduced a ban on drone flights in the area.
In a separate development on Friday, Kursk Region Governor Roman Starovoyt said on Telegram that "This night near [the Russian city of] Kursk, the air defense system shot down several Ukrainian drones." He urged residents to remain calm as the city was under the "reliable protection" of the Russian military.
Kaluga Region Governor Vladislav Shapsha, for his part, said that an unidentified object collapsed and exploded in the region on Friday morning without any damage or victims. A representative of the local emergency services told Sputnik that the object was a drone, according to preliminary information.
On Thursday morning, another unidentified object fell in a field in Kaluga Region's Dzerzhinsky district. The collapse resulted in an explosion which left a crater and set grass on fire, but no one was hurt in the incident, local authorities said.
This came after similar developments took place in Moscow on Tuesday, when
eight drones were intercepted by Russian air defenses, in an incident that officials stated caused no significant damages or injuries.
It was noted at the time that the attack was likely related to Russian strikes against a decision-making center in Kiev, amid the ongoing Russian
special military operation in Ukraine.
