In the Rostov region, it was reported that a UAV attack was repelled in nine districts of the region.

The air defense forces repelled an attack by Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in nine districts of the Rostov region. This was announced on April 9 by the acting governor of the region, Yuri Slyusar.

"In the Rostov region, air defense forces and means reflect the enemy's air attack. In the evening, UAVs were destroyed in Novoshakhtinsk, Donetsk, Zernograd, Taganrog, Kamensk, Neklinovsky, Chertkovsky, Tarasovsky and Millerovsky districts," Slyusar said in a Telegram channel message.

He added that due to the fall of UAV debris in Zernograd, the roof of a garage and an apartment building was damaged. The roof of one of the houses in Donetsk was also damaged. Operational services are working at the scene. There is no information about the victims, Slyusar added.

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