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Moscow launched a special military operation in Ukraine in February 2022 with the aim of saving the people of Donbass - primarily the Russian-speaking population - from Kiev's constant attacks.

Russian Air Defence Systems Shoot Down 273 Ukrainian Drones: MoD

© Sputnik / Stanislav Krasilnikov / Go to the mediabankRussian serviceman of the Central military district air defense unit fire the ZU-23 anti-aircraft gun at an air target in the Avdeyevka sector of the frontline amid Russia's military operation in Ukraine, Russia
Russian serviceman of the Central military district air defense unit fire the ZU-23 anti-aircraft gun at an air target in the Avdeyevka sector of the frontline amid Russia's military operation in Ukraine, Russia - Sputnik India, 1920, 20.05.2026
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The Russian air defence shot down 273 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions and the Black and Azov Seas last night, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.
"During the past night, from 20:00 Moscow time [17:00 GMT] on 19 May to 07:00 on 20 May, air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 273 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry said in a statement.
The drones were reportedly shot down over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Volgograd, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Leningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, Novgorod, Oryol, Rostov, Smolensk, Tver, and Tula Regions; the Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories; the Republic of Crimea; the Republic of Tatarstan; the Moscow region; as well as the Azov and Black Seas.
Russian servicemen are seen attacking in the special military operation zone. File photo - Sputnik India, 1920, 17.05.2026
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