Russia says air defences down over 80 Ukrainian drones overnight

Russian air defence systems neutralised 85 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the past night, the Russian Ministry of Defence said.

According to the ministry, the aircraft-type drones were intercepted between 23:00 on March 26 and 07:00 on March 27.

The statement added that the drones were shot down over the Bryansk, Leningrad, Vologda, Smolensk, Belgorod, Kursk, and Pskov regions, as well as over the Black Sea, Crimea, and the Moscow region.