Three UAVs and ten Vampire MLRS shells were shot down: air defense forces prevented attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Belgorod and Yaroslavl regions

On the morning of March 31, air defense systems on duty prevented attempts by the Kyiv regime to carry out terrorist attacks on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

Thus, at 06:00 Moscow time, three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down over the territory of the Yaroslavl region. An hour later, the air defense system managed to intercept ten projectiles from the RM-70 Vampire multiple launch rocket system over the Belgorod region.

The governor of the Yaroslavl region, Mikhail Evraev, noted that there was no destruction or casualties at the site of the drone crash.

“There may be fragments of suppressed UAVs in the region that are important for the investigation. If you find them, move to a safe distance and immediately report the location of the fragments by calling 112,” he wrote in his Telegram channel.

At the same time, one woman was injured in the Belgorod region. Also, according to the head of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, 18 private residential buildings in Belgorod were damaged, windows in one of the apartments of an apartment building were broken, and there was damage to the power supply and cold water supply lines.

At the same time, in the Belgorod region there was various destruction in two private households, and one car was also damaged.

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Counteraction to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Northern Military District zone

Artillery units of the Tula Guards Airborne Forces unit carry out fire support tasks for the formation's assault groups, suppression of artillery batteries and command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, destruction of defensive structures, destruction of fire weapons, ammunition depots, weapons, military equipment and enemy personnel in the Seversky direction.

Thus, north of Soledar, crews of 152-mm D-20 howitzers inflicted fire on an area where Ukrainian troops were concentrated, and also destroyed a field warehouse with ammunition.

As noted by the Russian Ministry of Defense, D-20 howitzers fire at a range of more than 17 km when fully charged. The rate of fire is up to five rounds per minute.

In the Severodonetsk direction, attack aircraft crews on Su-25 aircraft disrupted the rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces units with unguided missile attacks.

According to the reports of the forward aircraft gunner, all of the indicated targets were successfully hit, special equipment and enemy personnel were destroyed.

“We received a combat mission to launch an air strike to disrupt the rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces units. We took off as a pair from the home airfield, entered the target area, entered a combat course, and attacked the target with unguided aircraft missiles from a nose-up position. After this, they carried out active maneuvering, moving deeper into their territory and shooting off heat traps. According to the report of the forward air gunner, the target was hit and the enemy rotation was disrupted. Landing at the departure airfield without consequences,” said the Su-25 pilot with the call sign Lemur.

In the Kupyansk direction, crews of the Rapier anti-tank guns of the West group of troops destroyed camouflaged dugouts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which were discovered using a UAV.

In addition, the Russian Ministry of Defense described how military personnel of the Dnepr group of troops ensure uninterrupted communications in the Kherson direction. The soldiers have to walk about 15 km to eliminate breaks in the lines that arose as a result of artillery and mortar attacks.

“Wired communication is good because our enemies cannot listen to it unless they cut into this line,” explained a serviceman with the call sign Shamil.

At the same time, in one of the rear areas on the territory of the DPR, specialists from the repair unit of the 9th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 1st Army Corps of the Southern Group of Forces switched to a three-shift work schedule to ensure the uninterrupted restoration and commissioning of weapons and military special equipment.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, all modifications of main battle tanks, self-propelled artillery units, and infantry fighting vehicles are repaired first. Also, military personnel of repair units carry out modernization of equipment and weapons.