Videos and photos of fire and black smoke rising into the sky after a drone attack on the Russian administrative center of Volgograd were posted by the Supernova+ Telegram channel on June 19.
Regional Governor Andrey Bocharov confirmed the overnight attack on the oblast, claiming that several drones had been shot down over the Kalachevsky and Gorodishchensky districts, as well as over the southern part of Volgograd.
He did not report any casualties or damage.
The Russian Federal Aviation Authority, Rosaviatsia, imposed temporary flight restrictions at Volgograd and Kaluga airports around 4 a.m. EET.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a total of 81 Ukrainian drones were allegedly "destroyed" over nine oblasts of the country and the temporarily occupied Crimea.