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Russian Air Defenсe Forces Shot Down 514 Ukrainian Drones Overnight: MoD
Russian Air Defenсe Forces Shot Down 514 Ukrainian Drones Overnight: MoD
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The Russian air defense forces shot down 514 Ukrainian drones over the country's regions overnight, the Russian Defenсe Ministry said on Wednesday. 23.09.2026, Sputnik India
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"During the past night, 514 unmanned aerial vehicles of an airplane type were intercepted and destroyed by the air defense forces on duty," the ministry said in a statement.Drones were shot down over the Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk, Voronezh, Oryol, Kaluga, Lipetsk, Tambov, Ryazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Smolensk, Saratov, Samara, Ulyanovsk, Rostov regions, the Krasnodar Territory, Crimea, Bashkiria, Tatarstan, as well as the Azov and Black Seas, the statement read.Russian President Vladimir Putin had previously noted that Ukrainian forces are sending hundreds of drones to strike Russian territory. He emphasised that the Kiev regime is deliberately targeting civilians in the regions, attacking civilian infrastructure and transport, including ambulances and agricultural machinery. The head of state described the methods used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Kiev's foreign mercenaries as terrorist.
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Russian Air Defenсe Forces Shot Down 514 Ukrainian Drones Overnight: MoD
The Russian air defense forces shot down 514 Ukrainian drones over the country's regions overnight, the Russian Defenсe Ministry said on Wednesday.
"During the past night, 514 unmanned aerial vehicles of an airplane type were intercepted and destroyed by the air defense forces on duty," the ministry said in a statement.
Drones were shot down over the Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk, Voronezh, Oryol, Kaluga, Lipetsk, Tambov, Ryazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Smolensk, Saratov, Samara, Ulyanovsk, Rostov regions, the Krasnodar Territory, Crimea, Bashkiria, Tatarstan, as well as the Azov and Black Seas, the statement read.
Russian President Vladimir Putin had previously noted that Ukrainian forces are sending hundreds of drones to strike Russian territory.
He emphasised that the Kiev regime is deliberately targeting civilians in the regions, attacking civilian infrastructure and transport, including ambulances and agricultural machinery. The head of state described the methods used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Kiev's foreign mercenaries as terrorist.
