Ukraine launched drone strikes against Russia, targeting five regions, as reported by the hostile Russian Ministry of Defense.

In Russia, it was reportedly claimed that 16 Ukrainian drones were destroyed last night.

This was stated by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Specifically, 10 of these drones were allegedly destroyed by air defense over the Bryansk region, 3 over the Smolensk region, and one each over the Belgorod, Pskov, and Leningrad regions.

The Governor of the Leningrad region, Alexander Drozdenko, wrote on Telegram that one of the drones was destroyed in the area of the Luga Bay in the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea.

Propagandists from the channel "Caution, News" believe that the UAVs were aimed at the sea port of Ust-Luga located there, and evacuation was announced for the port employees.

According to the channel, restrictions on departures were imposed at St. Petersburg's "Pulkovo" airport due to an air alert, causing several flights to be delayed.

The Governor of the Smolensk region, Vasily Anokhin, wrote during the night about the detection of two drones in the territories of the Safonovsky and Ershichsky districts, and in the morning stated that five drones were shot down over the region during the night. The official claims that "there are no casualties or damage on the ground."

Ukrainian OSINT analysts suggest that the target may have been the "Avangard" factory, which is part of a Russian missile manufacturing holding, JSC "VPK "NPO Mashinostroyenia" and JSC "Corporation "Tactical Missile Weapons."

Background. Earlier, Mind reported that UAVs attacked an arsenal in the Novgorod region of Russia, where artillery shells, rockets for the Grad, Smerch, and Uragan MLRS, Iskanders, North Korean KN23s, missiles for the S-300 and S-400, and ammunition for the Tor complex are stored.