INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Updated with reports of destroyed Russian planes, injured investigators.Russia's Defense Ministry said Friday that it downed 53 Ukrainian
drones, most of which targeted the southern Rostov region, where sources in Ukraine's security services claim to have destroyed several
Russian warplanes."During the night and on the morning of April 5, the Kyiv regime tried to commit several terrorist attacks with aerial
videos shared on social media showed what was said to be drones attacking the Morozovsk airfield in the Rostov region
In one of the videos, a large fireball could be seen bursting into the night sky.Anonymous Ukrainian security service sources later told
news outlets that six Russian planes had been destroyed at the airfield, while eight others had been badly damaged.Russia uses tactical
bombers like the Su-24 and Su-24M based in Morozovsk to fire guided bombs at Ukrainian territory, a source was cited as saying by
Reuters.Authorities in the Rostov region initially said only that an electrical substation had been damaged in the overnight strikes
outside the Morozovsk air base.Meanwhile, in western Russia's Kursk region, Governor Roman Starovoit said two drones attacked a village,
damaging multiple homes and vehicles
Russian military air base
The governor of that region said no one was injured.
