VORONEZH. Sept 1 (Interfax) - Governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov has reported air defense activity in the Belgorod district.
"Our air defense worked in the Belgorod district and a fixed-wing UAV was downed. [...] According to the preliminary information, there are no casualties or damage," Gladkov said on Telegram on Friday.
The Russian Defense Ministry said for its part that air defense units on duty downed the unmanned aerial vehicle in the Belgorod region at about 7:30 a.m.
Border territories of the Belgorod region have been sporadically attacked from Ukraine since February 24, 2022. Civilian casualties have been reported. The region declared the yellow (high) level of terror alert and an emergency in 15 border settlements.