MOSCOW, July 29. /TASS/. Air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 295 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions, as well as over the Sea of Azov and Black Sea overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
Six people were hospitalized in the Ryazan Region after the attack by the Ukrainian armed forces. In addition, the Wildberries logistics center in Ryazan was evacuated.
TASS has compiled the main information about the aftermath.
Scale
- Between 8:00 p.m. Moscow time (5:00 p.m. GMT) on July 28 and 8:00 a.m. Moscow time on July 29, duty air defense facilities intercepted and neutralized 295 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over Russian regions, the Ministry of Defense reported.
- According to the ministry, the UAVs were shot down over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Rostov, and Ryazan Regions, as well as the Krasnodar Region, the Republic of Crimea, the Chuvash Republic, the Republic of Tatarstan, and over waters of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.
Consequences
- A fire broke out on the premises of a business facility in Ryazan after a massive UAV attack, Governor Pavel Malkov wrote on Max.
- He later reported that six people were hospitalized following the Ukrainian forces’ attack on the Ryazan Region.
- Their lives are not in danger, and medical personnel are providing the necessary assistance.
- A fire has also broken out in an industrial complex in the Ryazan Region as a result of falling UAV fragments.
- Emergency services are working at the site.
- The governor emphasized that posting of photos and videos showing the aftermath of terrorist attacks on social media is prohibited in the region.
- The Ryazan Region’s emergency response team reported that according to preliminary information, there is no significant damage to civilian infrastructure.
- The Ryazan Region Prosecutor's Office has taken under control the observance of the rights of those injured and the provision of assistance following the UAV attack.
- Coordination with all agencies has been ensured to promptly provide medical and other assistance to citizens.
- The Prosecutor's Office has opened a hotline to promptly receive complaints and provide legal assistance: 8 (910) 631-08-17.
- The Wildberries logistics center in Ryazan has been evacuated in accordance with safety requirements, according to the press service of the Wildberries and Russ (RWB) joint company.