Russia accuses Ukraine of attack on Belgorod region, claims 29 drones shot down

Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of Russia's Belgorod region, made the claims.

According to him, the alleged massive drone attack resulted in casualties and destruction.

Gladkov also reported on the alleged operation of Russian air defense, which led to a man being injured and houses and cars being destroyed.

"After repelling an air attack in the village of Streletskoye, a fence on a private property was damaged, and one car was damaged in the village of Golovino. The door-to-door inspection will continue during daylight hours," he wrote. 

Later, Gladkov said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces allegedly attacked the Yakovlevsky urban district with six drones, allegedly injuring two people. 

He also said that in the town of Stroitel, windows and balcony glazing on several floors of an apartment building were allegedly damaged, and one apartment's balcony was completely destroyed. He also said that private houses were damaged.

Later, the Russian Defense Ministry announced an alleged massive drone attack. According to them, 29 drones were shot down over the Belgorod region and another over the Voronezh region. 

• On June 23, Russias complained about the alleged sounds of explosions in different parts of Sevastopol. Russia claimed that air defense shot down 4 ATACMS missiles and there are 2 dead.