Russia Says Air Defenses Destroyed 218 Ukrainian Drones Overnight
The defense ministry reported intercepting fixed-wing drones across more than a dozen regions, including near Moscow.
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Russian air defense systems destroyed 218 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles overnight, according to a report from TASS citing Russia's defense ministry.
The intercepted drones were reported over a wide span of Russian territory, including the Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tula, Moscow and Krasnodar regions, the report said.
The figure represents one of the larger overnight interception tallies reported by Russian authorities during the conflict, though TASS's report did not provide independent verification of the number or details on any resulting damage or casualties.
Russia's defense ministry regularly publishes daily tallies of intercepted drones as part of its account of the war, though such figures are issued by one side of the conflict and are not independently confirmed in this report.
No further details on the circumstances of the drone launches or Ukraine's response to the claim were included in the available report.
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