Drones Attack Regions of Southern Russia

Several residential buildings were damaged in the Rostov Region, windows were broken in a residential complex and a social institution in Stavropol, and several cars were damaged. The heads of Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia reported that the threat of UAV attacks had been alleviated.

"Caucasian Knot", late in the evening of August 8, an attack by a drone caused an explosion and fire on the 18th floor of a 20-story apartment building in the Levoberezhny microdistrict of Rostov-on-Don. On the same day, after a UAV attack, a fuel tank caught fire in the Millerovsky District of the Rostov Region. On August 10, Millerovsky and Chertkovsky districts of Rostov Oblast were attacked..

From 23:50 Moscow time on August 11 to 03:40 Moscow time on August 12, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 25 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type: 22 over the territory of Rostov Oblast and 3 over the territory of Stavropol Krai, the Russian Defense Ministry reported today in its Telegram channel.

"At night, the military repelled an attack by a UAV in Millerovsky District. Windows were broken in 3 private houses. The roof, windows and fence of a 4-apartment building were damaged," Acting Governor of Rostov Oblast Yuri Slyusar reported in his Telegram channel. He noted that no one was hurt.

A drone attack was repelled in Stavropol at night, the city's mayor Ivan Ulyanchenko reported. "The drones were suppressed by our electronic warfare systems. Windows were knocked out in one of the social facilities," he wrote this morning on his Telegram channel.

Later, he added that as a result of the drone attack, "windows of a residential complex in the northwestern part of the city and several cars were damaged." "I instructed the Industrial District administration to conduct a door-to-door inspection to record all the damage. We contacted the management company, they will also join in the inspection of the houses. We will begin restoration today, as soon as the door-to-door inspection is completed and the scope of work is determined," the head of the city informed.

The head of the Stavropol Territory, Vladimir Vladimirov, announced the cancellation of the drone danger regime. Similar messages were published by the heads of North Ossetia and Kabardino-Balkaria.

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