Russian air defense units destroyed 131 fixed-wing drones overnight, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. The aircraft were intercepted between 8:00 p.m. on August 2 and 7:00 a.m. on August 3 over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Oryol, Smolensk and Tula regions, Krasnodar Territory, Crimea and the Black Sea.

Another 245 drones were brought down the previous day between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. They were intercepted over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Kirov, Lipetsk, Oryol, Omsk, Ryazan, Samara and Tula regions, the Moscow Region, Krasnodar and Perm territories, Crimea, Bashkortostan, the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and the Black Sea.

The Severny Veter channel reported the consequences of attacks in Russian border areas over the past 24 hours.

The deadliest incident in the Belgorod Region occurred in the village of Printsevka in Valuisky District, where a drone struck near a children’s playground. A 13-year-old girl was killed. A seven-year-old child suffered multiple shrapnel wounds to the head, back and legs, while a nine-year-old girl was taken to hospital with fragmentation injuries.

In the village of Kazachya Lisitsa in Grayvoronsky District, a missile attack hit an agricultural enterprise. Three men were killed and four other civilians were wounded.

A drone struck a commercial property in Korocha, injuring two people, including a child. The blast damaged a canopy, equipment and four vehicles. Near the village of Pogorelovka, two drones hit a parking area, damaging three trucks and a trailer.

Two FPV drone attacks in Smorodino, Grayvoronsky District, shattered windows and damaged the facade of a private home. In Glotovo, a drone strike set a residential building on fire. The flames were extinguished, but windows and the entrance area were damaged.

In Shebekino, a workshop caught fire after a drone exploded on industrial premises. Another FPV drone struck a car, which also burst into flames. A separate detonation damaged the windows of an apartment in a residential building. Equipment was damaged in the village of Zimovnoye following another FPV drone strike.

In Sergiyevka, Krasnoyaruzhsky District, a drone broke through the roof of a private home. A truck was damaged in Krasnaya Yaruga.

A social facility in Bessonovka, Belgorodsky District, was hit by a drone. The roof, windows and interior of one room were damaged. In Malinovka, two drone explosions completely destroyed a private house by fire.

In Yasnye Zori, a drone exploded on the grounds of an enterprise. A man and a woman were taken to the Oktyabrsky district hospital with shrapnel wounds to their backs, arms and legs. Another FPV drone struck a vehicle. In Razumnoye, an attack damaged a car’s bodywork and windows.

An FPV drone detonated in the yard of a private home in Borisovka, damaging a fence. In the village of Gruzskoye, a drone explosion started a fire on the roof of an apartment building.

In Ilek-Koshary, Rakitnyansky District, a drone strike damaged two pieces of agricultural machinery. A truck was also damaged on the Rakitnoye-Proletarsky road.

A drone damaged a power line in Pogromets, Volokonovsky District, temporarily cutting electricity to the village.

In Kazinka, Valuisky District, an FPV drone struck a commercial property and damaged a canopy. Equipment was damaged when a second drone exploded.

In the Kursk Region, a drone struck the settlement of Belaya in Belovsky District. A 50-year-old resident suffered multiple blind shrapnel wounds.