Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 325 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones overnight on August 21, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The UAVs were shot down over the Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan and Tula regions. Air defense systems were also active over the Moscow region, Crimea, Udmurtia, the Krasnodar and Perm territories, as well as over the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.

Large-scale drone attacks had continued throughout the previous day. Between 08:00 and 20:00 Moscow time on August 20, Russian forces intercepted another 64 Ukrainian fixed-wing UAVs. They were destroyed over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk and Rostov regions, Crimea, and the waters of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.

The Belgorod region came under particularly intense attack. According to acting governor Alexander Shuvayev, Ukrainian forces targeted the region 142 times over the past 24 hours.

Attacks were recorded in Belgorod and in the Alekseyevsky, Belgorodsky, Borisovsky, Valuysky, Veydelevsky, Volokonovsky, Grayvoronsky, Ivnyansky, Krasnogvardeysky, Krasnoyaruzhsky, Novooskolsky, Rakitnyansky, Rovensky, Chernyansky, Shebekinsky and Yakovlevsky districts.

Five artillery attacks were recorded during the day, while drones dropped explosive devices on eight occasions. Air defense units and other forces involved in countering the attacks shot down or suppressed a total of 152 UAVs.

Four people were injured in the Grayvoronsky, Rakitnyansky and Shebekinsky districts. One woman was hospitalized, while three other injured residents are receiving outpatient treatment. All of them are being provided with the necessary medical care.

Kursk Region Governor Alexander Khinshtein also reported on the situation in the region over the past 24 hours. According to him, 122 drones of various types were destroyed between 09:00 on August 20 and 09:00 on August 21. Ukrainian forces also carried out 84 artillery attacks against evacuated areas and used drones to drop explosive devices on ten occasions.

A 52-year-old man was injured in the village of Rzhava in the Glushkovsky district. A garage and a vehicle were also damaged there.

Several settlements in the Belovsky district sustained damage. A vehicle was damaged in the village of Maloye Soldatskoye. In the settlement of Belaya, the facade and windows of a residential building, four vehicles, as well as the boiler room, kitchen building and garages of the Belovsky Central District Hospital were damaged. A tractor was damaged in the village of Vishnevo.

In the village of Durovo in the Rylsky district, a fence, walls, facade and windows of a house were damaged. In the village of Kolyachek in the Khomutovsky district, the roof of a residential building was damaged.

No deaths were reported as a result of the attacks.