08:39, 9 August 2025

Kuban and Rostov Regions Attacked by UAVs

Last night, air defense forces intercepted seven drones in the regions of the Southern Federal District and the same number over the waters of the Sea of Azov.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, late in the evening of August 8, due to an attack by a drone, an explosion and fire occurred at the level of the 18th floor of a 20-story apartment building in the Levoberezhny microdistrict in Rostov-on-Don.

In total, during the past night from 22:41 on August 8 to 05:05 Moscow time on August 9, air defense duty systems neutralized 97 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on its telegram channel.

Five drones were shot down over the territory Krasnodar Krai, two over Rostov Oblast, seven over the waters of the Sea of Azov. UAVs were also intercepted in Kursk, Bryansk, Kaluga, Tula, Oryol, Belgorod, Lipetsk Oblasts, in Crimea and the Moscow region.

Also recall that on August 8, after a UAV attack in the Millerovsky District of Rostov Oblast, a fuel tank caught fire.

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Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/413678