MOSCOW, August 20. /TASS/. An attempted terrorist attack with the use of kamikaze drones was averted in Russia’s southern the Rostov Region, Vasily Golubev, the region’s governor, said on Sunday.

According to the governor, two drones crashed on the territory of a military unit in Kamensk, another drone was downed one kilometer to the north of Novoshakhtinsk, there were no reported casualties or damage as a result of the attack.

"Early this morning, there was an attempted terrorist attack with the use of kamikaze drones in our region," Golubev said. "The drones were successfully engaged by electronic warfare systems. No Air Defense weapons were used due to the small size of the targets."

The Rostov Region has administrative borders with the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR respectively). It has 31 temporary accommodation centers, which accommodates more than 3,500 people as of June 2023. The headquarters of the Southern Military District is located in the region’s city of Rostov-on-Don.

Kursk Region Governor Roman Starovoit stated earlier in the day that a Ukrainian drone struck the rooftop of a railway station in the central Russian city of Kursk. The governor announced later that the fire after by the drone attack at the railway station was extinguished promptly adding that five people suffered minor injuries caused by shattered glass and they were all allowed to go home after the medical examinations.

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin also announced earlier in the day that "A drone coming from the south attempted to fly over Moscow in the early hours of Sunday. It was downed by Air Defense Forces.".