According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, over the past night air defense systems shot down 47 drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in four regions of the country.

The most massive raid occurred in the Rostov region, where 41 drones were destroyed. 

As the regional governor Vasily Golubev clarified in his Telegram channel, several UAVs were destroyed on approach to Morozovsk.

“According to preliminary data, there were no deaths as a result of the massive UAV attack on Taganrog.

An Emergencies Ministry employee who participated in eliminating the consequences on the ground was injured.

The victim was hospitalized, there is no threat to his life,” Golubev clarified.

Another UAV was neutralized in the Belgorod region, two in the Kursk region and three in the Volgograd region. 

The governor of the Kursk region, Roman Starovoyt, announced a missile threat in the region, which was later canceled.

At the same time, debris from a downed Ukrainian drone fell on the roof of a clinic in Kursk, damaging 22 square meters.

m of roof.

According to Starovoit, there were no casualties as a result of the incident.

However, due to the threat of an explosion, patients from the intensive care unit of a neighboring hospital building were evacuated to medical institutions in the city, and staff and other patients were evacuated to a safe place.

The clinic also announced the suspension of patient admissions on Saturday, March 9.

As a result of repelling an attack by Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the Volgograd region, no one was injured, the regional governor Andrei Bocharov reported on the Telegram channel of the regional administration. 

On the front line

Motorized rifle units of the Western Group of Forces repelled five counterattacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces assault groups in the area of ​​Lake Liman in the Kupyansky direction.

“Motorized rifle units, in cooperation with artillery, repelled five counterattacks by assault groups of the 57th motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ​​Lake Liman,” Ivan Bigma, head of the group’s press center.

In addition, crews of Giatsint-B howitzers of the Western group of the Russian Armed Forces disrupted the rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

It is noted that the Russian military destroyed a concentration of enemy personnel and lightly armored equipment.

  • Artillerymen of the "West" group disrupted the rotation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction

At the same time, military personnel of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Russian Armed Forces over the past 24 hours repelled two attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction.

According to the head of the group’s press center, Alexander Gordeev, the Russian military also stopped attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to strengthen forward positions in the areas of Shevchenko, Staromayorsky and Priyutny.

During the day, two armored combat vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, six units of automotive equipment, three aircraft-type UAVs and up to 180 military personnel were destroyed.

In turn, the Russian Armed Forces group “Center” repelled eight counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces over the past 24 hours.

According to the head of the group’s press center, Alexander Savchuk, the enemy lost up to 400 soldiers.

Three armored combat vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, eight vehicles, a UAV control post, a 152 mm D-20 howitzer, a 122 mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount and a D-30 howitzer, as well as a 120 mm mortar were destroyed.

Also, mortar crews of the Tula paratroopers destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry at a strong point in the area of ​​Razdolovka and Vesyoly in the DPR. 

The crews of the Russian Aerospace Forces attack aviation on Su-25 aircraft carried out an attack with unguided aircraft missiles on a strong point and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the North Donetsk direction.

According to the Ministry of Defense, active maneuvering was carried out with the shooting of heat traps.

“The forward air gunner confirmed the destruction of the strong point,” the department said.