Air defense systems shot down 496 drones during the night. The attack was repelled over 15 areas in the country, the Ministry of Defense reported. UAVs were intercepted over Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kursk, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Tambov and Tula regions. Attacks were also manifested in the Moscow region, the Krasnodar Territory, the Republic of Crimea and over the Azov waters and the Black Sea. All the destroyed UAVs were of the aircraft type, the report said.

Air defense systems shot down 496 drones during the night. The attack was repelled over 15 areas in the country, the Ministry of Defense reported. UAVs were intercepted over Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kursk, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Tambov and Tula regions. Attacks were also manifested in the Moscow region, the Krasnodar Territory, the Republic of Crimea and over the Azov waters and the Black Sea. All the destroyed UAVs were of the aircraft type, the report said.