More than 100 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russia, igniting fires and damaging structures amid rising military tensions.
Over the weekend, more than 100 Ukrainian drones got shot down over Russia, starting a big fire and knocking down an apartment building.
This was one of the biggest drone attacks since Russia started fighting Ukraine in February 2022.
The Russian military said they stopped 125 drones while they were all over seven areas. The Volgograd area got hit the hardest, with Russian fighters saying they took down 67 of them.
In the Volgograd area, they also found 17 drones and some of the stuff they dropped on an apartment building and a house, and Gov.
Aleksandr Gusev said it was confirmed. People on social media were also seeing flames coming from the top floors of a high-rise. Luckily, no one got hurt.
Also, 18 drones were spotted in Russia’s Rostov area, and the stuff they dropped started a wildfire. Gov.
Vasily Golubev said they got the fire under control and it wasn’t going to spread to any people living nearby.
Deceitful NASA satellites again betray Russian leadership and their claims of "all Ukrainian drones were shot down".
— Jay in Kyiv (@JayinKyiv) September 29, 2024
Russia's Millerovo airfield in the Rostov region was definitely hot last night. pic.twitter.com/ERqdTitNpO
Back in Ukraine, 14 people got hurt in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia because of a continuous attack.
Ukrainian military leaders had been saying that Russia might be getting ready for another attack in the south, and it looked like they were right with ten attacks using guided bombs that damaged a high-rise and some houses.
Gov. Ivan Fedorov said there might be more people trapped under the rubble.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talked about how Russia bombed Zaporizhzhia with planes, hurting regular homes and messing up the train tracks and how the city gets supplies.
The Ukrainian military also said that Russian soldiers are getting more in the Zaporizhzhia area, which could mean more attacks.
Vladyslav Voloshyn, who talks for Ukraine’s military in the south, said they’ve seen more Russian soldiers there.
At the same time, Ukraine’s air force said they shot down 22 Russian drones that were flying over Ukrainian land overnight, stopping 15 of them in Sumy, Vinnytsia, Mykolaiv, and Odesa.
They also got rid of five more with electronic defenses, but they didn’t say what happened to the other two.