Russia says 117 Ukrainian drones destroyed overnight across multiple regions

Russia’s Defence Ministry announced that its air defence forces had intercepted and destroyed 117 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles during the past night.

According to the ministry, the attacks were repelled across multiple regions, Caliber.Az reports.

Twenty-seven drones were downed over Bryansk, 16 over Volgograd, and 15 each over Kursk and the Crimean peninsula. In the Rostov region, 11 UAVs were destroyed, while 10 were intercepted over Voronezh and eight over Belgorod. 

Six drones were shot down in Leningrad region, four in Kaluga, and two in Novgorod.

The statement added that Russian forces also downed two drones over the Black Sea and one over the Smolensk region.

By Sabina Mammadli