Repelling Ukrainian drone attacks against Russia – Mehr News Agency | RCO News Agency

According to Mehr news agency, citing Rashatoudi, the Ministry of Defense of Russia announced: Last night, 26 Ukrainian drones were shot down over the provinces of Bryansk, Smolensk, Belgorod and the Crimean peninsula.

Vasily Anukhin, the governor of Smolensk province, also announced that seven Ukrainian drones were shot down over this province, and no casualties or damages were reported.

Despite the continuation of political negotiations to resolve the crisis in Ukraine, the war continues in the border areas.

Earlier, Matthew Whittaker, the permanent representative of the US in the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO), said: Washington expects the issue of territorial disputes to be determined in the coming days and weeks.

He said that the participants in the process of negotiations to resolve the crisis in Ukraine are currently working on four final documents. A 20-point peace plan, a set of multilateral security guarantees, specific US security guarantees, as well as a plan for post-peace economic growth and prosperity.

Despite holding several rounds of negotiations, the war between Russia and Ukraine continues. Territorial issues are still the most important obstacle to the conclusion of negotiations between the two sides.

Russia and Ukraine are trying to take the initiative in the battlefield as well as in the negotiation field by maintaining and developing the areas under their control.