The Russian army said it had shot down more than 30 Ukrainian drones

The Ministry of Defense of Russia announced that on Saturday night the Russian military shot down and intercepted 32 Ukrainian drones over the Bryansk, Oryol, Kursk and Moscow regions.

According to the agency, the devices were destroyed in the air by air defense units on duty. According to the military, these were aircraft-type drones.

Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the destruction of 13 rockets over the Belgorod Region. As the governor of this region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, wrote in his Telegram channel, a man died as a result of a direct hit of one of the shells in a private residential house. Four people were injured. The governor noted that one of the four victims is a 10-year-old child.

In addition, as Gladkov writes, as a result of the shelling in Belgorod there is damage to the water supply system. Various destructions were recorded in 10 private residential households. There are broken windows. One of the houses is partially destroyed.

The Ukrainian authorities did not comment on the information.

On Friday night, the Russian military launched and for about 18 hours conducted one of the largest attacks in Ukraine in recent times. At least 30 people died and more than 160 were injured. Valery Zaluzhny, Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, stated that on December 29, Russia launched 158 missiles and drones over Ukraine. Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Lviv, Dnipro, and Zaporozhye came under fire. An air alert was announced throughout the country.