Incidents

Another blow: Russian border guards were attacked from drones in Kursk region

According to Russia, aircraft dropped five bombs on the outskirts of the farm, located a few kilometers from the Ukrainian border. On August 19, the Russian edition "Base" reported that a day earlier, unmanned aircraft attacked the territory of Kursk region. The incident occurred on the outskirts of the Kucheriv farm in the Bilovsky district. There were two attacks. The first began at about 8am: three drones were thrown out three bombs, causing one border guard.

A few hours later, two more UAVs dropped two shells, damaging four cars. Local authorities do not comment on this incident. Also in local publications they write that the sounds of explosions in the afternoon on August 18 were heard by residents of different areas of Kursk. The citizen tried to reassure the governor of the region Roman Starovoit. He reported that there was a private garage in the city, no other events were recorded.

"The loud sounds reported on social networks can be caused by aviation," Starovoit said. We will remind, in the afternoon, August 18, a warehouse with ammunition broke out in the Belgorod region. Due to the fire and detonation of shells, the residents of the surrounding villages had to be evacuated. In the evening, on August 18, explosions at the Belbek military aerodrome in the northwest of Sevastopol.