The Governor of the Russian Belgorod province, Vyacheslav Gladkov, announced that the Russian air defense forces shot down a number of Ukrainian drones in the region. Gladkov said via his Telegram channel: "The air defense system over the Belgorod region shot down several drones after repelling an air attack launched by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the village of Maisky." He pointed out that some damage occurred to citizens' property, including two houses and a car in the villages of Golovino, Yasniye Zori, and Malomykhaylovka. Ukrainian soldiers revealed to the Washington Post that attempts to attack the Russian Belgorod province had failed. They confirmed that the attack on the province resulted in the deaths of a large number of Ukrainian soldiers due to the heavy fire of the Russian forces. Source: National Iraqi News Agency