According to Russian public media, drones were shot down near the Chkalovsky military airfield in the Moscow region at night. The Russian Defense Ministry claims to have "destroyed" 18 drones in three regions overnight, without mentioning the Moscow region. Meanwhile, an evacuation was announced for the Krasnoyaruzsky district of Belgorod region due to 'activity on the border', and ISW gave an update on the Kursk region of Russia, UNN writes.
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In the town of Shchelkovo near Moscow, residents heard gunfire and alarms at night. and Russian millbloggers reported an allegedly "repelled" attack on the Chkalovsky military airfield.
Meanwhile , the Russian Defense Ministry claims that overnight its air defense system destroyed 18 drones over the Kursk (11), Belgorod (5) and Voronezh (2) regions of Russia.
At the same time, the governor of the Rostov region, Vasily Golubev, also reported the destruction of four UAVs in the southwest of the Rostov region. According to him, there were no casualties.
the russian defense ministry does not mention the drones reported by the governor of rostov region or the attack on the chkalovsky military airfield in the suburbs.
Meanwhile, the governor of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation announced the evacuation of residents of the Krasnoyaruzsky district to safer places. The reason was "activity on the border".
Referring to the "disturbing morning," he said that "...to protect the lives and health of our population, we are starting to move people living in the Krasnoyaruz district to safer places. According to him, transport has been sent to evacuate the residents.
The Krasnoyaruga district is located in the northwest of the Belgorod region. it is about 45 km from the district center, Krasnaya Yaruga, to Suzha in the Kursk region.
According to ISW, "geolocation footage and Russian and Ukrainian reports from August 10 and 11 indicate that Ukrainian forces advanced west and northwest in the Kursk region, although Russian sources mostly claimed that Russian forces had stabilized the situation.
Earlier, a video appeared on the Internet, which, according to , allegedly captured Chechens from the "Akhmat". It is unknown when and where the footage was taken. The men are blindfolded, and one of them answers the military officer that he is "from Grozny". The channel "I Want to Live" writesthat "raid groups caught these Kadyrovites deep in the rear from the border".