"During the past night, from 22:00 Moscow time [19:00 GMT] on 4 August to 01:40 Moscow time [22:40 GMT] on 5 August, air defence systems on duty destroyed and intercepted 24 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles," the statement said.
In particular, 13 drones were destroyed over the Bryansk Region, seven over the Rostov Region, and two drones over the Kaluga Region and Smolensk Region each.