The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the destruction of 10 ATACMS missiles over Crimea

Russian Ministry of Defense assertsthat last night over the annexed Crimea, air defense systems shot down ten ATACMS tactical missiles, as well as missiles, bombs and drones in the Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk regions.

The head of the annexed Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, appointed by the Russian authorities, previously reported on the reflection missile attack at night. Vehicle traffic on the Crimean Bridge was temporarily blocked. Several missiles were shot down over the Black Sea and near the Belbek airfield. “No damage to civilian infrastructure has been recorded at this time,” says a message on Razvozzhaev’s telegram channel. According to him, falling rocket fragments started a fire in the area of ​​the village of Polyushko. The fire has now been extinguished.

On April 30, the Dzhankoy military airfield, the location of the helicopter regiment of the 4th Air Force and Air Defense Command of the Southern Military District, came under fire from ATACMS missiles. As a result, five servicemen were wounded.

In addition, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, two HARM anti-radar missiles, two Hammer guided bombs, two Vilkha MLRS rockets and nine drones were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region. Five drones were intercepted over the Kursk region and three over the territory of the Bryansk region.

According to the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, in the village of Dubovoe, as a result of a direct hit by a shell, a private residential building caught fire, two people were injured.

In the Rostov region, two explosions occurred as a result of an attack by two drones at a fuel depot in the Proletarsky district. About it reported Governor of the region Vasily Golubev. According to him, no one was injured and there was no fuel fire. Golubev did not specify which specific fuel facility we are talking about. There is a Proletarsky district in Rostov-on-Don and in the Rostov region.

• Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian regions have been subject to regular shelling and drone attacks. The Russian Ministry of Defense reports on the “suppression” of Ukrainian attacks and reports downed missiles and drones over Russian territory. There is destruction and casualties. In most cases, Kyiv does not comment on these messages.