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Air Defenses Shot Down 283 Ukrainian Drones Overnight: MoD
Air Defenses Shot Down 283 Ukrainian Drones Overnight: MoD
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Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 283 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said. 21.03.2026, Sputnik India
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"This past night, from 23:00 Moscow time [20:00 GMT] on March 20 to 07:00 Moscow time [04:00 GMT] on March 21, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 283 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry said.It said drones were shot down over the Bryansk, Smolensk, Kaluga, Belgorod, Voronezh, Rostov, Volgograd, Tula, Ryazan, Kursk, Saratov, and Samara regions, Crimea, Tatarstan, and the Moscow Region.
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Air Defenses Shot Down 283 Ukrainian Drones Overnight: MoD

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Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 283 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"This past night, from 23:00 Moscow time [20:00 GMT] on March 20 to 07:00 Moscow time [04:00 GMT] on March 21, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 283 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry said.
It said drones were shot down over the Bryansk, Smolensk, Kaluga, Belgorod, Voronezh, Rostov, Volgograd, Tula, Ryazan, Kursk, Saratov, and Samara regions, Crimea, Tatarstan, and the Moscow Region.
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