"This past night from 0:20 to 05:40 Moscow time on August 8, air defense systems on duty destroyed and intercepted 30 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry said.
It said nine drones were downed over the Rostov Region, eight over Crimea, six over the Saratov Region, five over the Bryansk Region, and one over the Belgorod and Volgograd regions each.