Russia: Air defences down 33 drones overnight; civilian injured in border region

Russia’s defence ministry said its air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 33 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles overnight, according to a statement released on April 13.

The ministry reported that the drones were shot down between midnight and 07:00 Moscow time across several regions, including Belgorod, Kursk, Rostov, Bryansk and Smolensk, as well as the annexed Crimean peninsula.

Separately, a drone detonated in the town of Graivoron in Russia’s Belgorod region, injuring a civilian, the regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.

A woman sustained what were described as minor injuries, including a superficial shrapnel wound to the ear and blast-related trauma. She received medical treatment at the scene and declined hospitalisation, he added.

By Aghakazim Guliyev