"At about 08:15 Moscow time [05:15 GMT] on April 16, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using a small-size balloon against facilities on the territory of Russia was foiled. A Ukrainian balloon was destroyed over the territory of the Kursk Region by air defense forces on duty," the ministry said in a statement.
Ukraine resorted to terror attacks on Russian territories in a wake of Kiev's military setbacks and losses of strategic settlements, liberated by the Russian Armed Forces. Russian officials repeatedly stressed that Ukraine evolved into terrorist state, which deliberately attacks civilians.