Ukraine has increased the intensity of drone attacks on Russian territory. Since the beginning of December - more than 20 cases

Since the beginning of December, Ukrainian drones have attacked the territory of Russia and annexed Crimea more than 20 times, Vorstka calculated based on open data. Prior to this, the attacks were sporadic and were mainly carried out on the territory of the peninsula.

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The day before, in a forest near Kaluga - less than 200 kilometers from Moscow - a UAV exploded at an altitude of 50 meters. Yesterday in the Bryansk region, according to ASTRA, a Ukrainian drone attacked the Seversky district, as a result of which a conscript and his commander were injured. The head of the region did not confirm this information, saying that he “did not have such information.”

UAVs from Ukraine flew into Russia and annexed Crimea at least ten times in January. The drones flew to the Bryansk , Belgorod and Kursk regions, and also three times to Sevastopol.

In December, judging by open sources, Ukrainian aircraft attacked targets on Russian territory nine times, five times military airfields. On December 5, UAVs attacked air bases near Ryazan and Engels, Saratov region. In the Saratov region, two Tu-95 missile-carrying bombers were damaged as a result of the strike, and a fuel tanker exploded in the Ryazan region. It was also reported that three Russian servicemen were killed and four more were injured. On December 6, a drone attacked an airfield in the Kursk region.

Before this, attacks by Ukrainian drones were not widespread; most often they were launched at targets in Crimea, as well as in border regions. Since the fall, the flight range of drones has increased exponentially. On October 7 last year, one of the Ukrainian UAVs fell in the area of ​​the Shaikovka military airfield (flying 300 km from the border), and the drone that attacked the military airfield near Engels on December 5 flew more than 600 km from the border with Ukraine. About a quarter of the UAVs that have attacked Russia since December have flown more than 300 km from the border. Yesterday's UAV came closest to Moscow; it exploded about 200 km from Moscow.

Earlier, additional air defense systems appeared in the capital and region. In addition, an air defense system was installed near the Valdai residence of Vladimir Putin. Against this background, according to Vorstka’s sources in pro-government media, state media were prohibited from covering the drone explosion near Kaluga. Thus, the incident was completely ignored by TASS, Rossiya-24 and Vedomosti. Other government agencies wrote only short news with reference to the Kaluga governor.

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