The Russian Defense Ministry said that Ukrainian drone and missile attacks were repelled during the night and morning in the Russian border region of Belgorod and in the Kaluga region, southwest of the capital, Moscow.
According to Ministry of Defense data, five drones and seven missiles were shot down.
On Friday, there are elections in Russia where all opponents of the president are participating Russian President Vladimir Putin They were prevented in various ways from participating.
The official Russian RIA Novosti news agency said that people in the city of Belgorod were forced to leave a polling station to take cover after the authorities issued an air warning and ordered residents to take shelter.
The military command in Kiev said in a statement that Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, with drones on Friday night.
The statement stated that all drones launched into the capital area were shot down.
“Enemy drones entered Kiev from the north. The air strike in the capital continued for about an hour,” the military command wrote on Telegram, stating that there were no reports of casualties.
A total of 27 Russian drones and seven robots were shot down overnight in several parts of the country, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.
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