The Armed Forces of Ukraine massively attacked the south of Russia with drones: at refineries and substations

Early in the morning of July 9, the Kiev regime again tried to massively strike southern Russia. Drones attacked facilities in the Rostov and Volgograd regions.

"Tonight, on July 9, the air defense and electronic warfare forces stopped a UAV attack on the territory of the Volgograd region. As a result of the fall of the UAV debris, fires broke out at the substation. Frolovo and the oil depot Kalach-on-Don. The fire at the substation was promptly eliminated, and the power supply was not stopped. The fire service of the region and the Ministry of Emergency Situations are working at the site of the fire at the oil depot, there is no threat to residential facilities," Governor of the Volgograd Region Andrey Bocharov commented on the situation to the telegram channel of the regional government.

As reported by TK Mash, at least three drones fell on the oil depot of the Lukoil-Volgogradneftepererabotka refinery in Kalach-on-Don.

"The rest collapsed next to the bakery," the telegram channel reports. According to him, later in the morning the airports of Volgograd and Astrakhan were closed due to the threat of a repeat attack by Ukrainian drones on the region.

The governor of the Rostov region, Vasily Golubev, said in his TK that the AFU attacked the region around two o'clock in the morning.

"The air defense forces destroyed and suppressed several dozen targets in various areas of the region with electronic warfare. As a result of an air attack in the Rodionovo-Nesvetaysky district, 2 transformers at an electrical substation caught fire," the governor wrote.

Later, he added that more than 20 UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the sky over the Rostov region last night.

"All possible means were used for this: aviation, anti-aircraft missile systems, electronic warfare installations, mobile anti-drone groups worked. Emergency response and damage assessment are being carried out at the substation," Vasily Golubev added.

The Ministry of Defense reported an attempt to attack the Armed Forces of Ukraine with 38 drones.

"During the past night, during an attempt by the Kiev regime to commit terrorist attacks using unmanned aerial vehicles of an airplane type on the territory of the Russian Federation, three UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region, seven UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region, two UAVs over the territory of the Voronezh region, 21 UAVs over the territory of the Rostov region and five UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region were destroyed and intercepted by air defense systems on duty. the territory of the Astrakhan region," the ministry said.