"This night, from 20:00 on August 13 to 07:00 [am] Moscow time on August 14, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 44 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry said.
It said 14 drones were destroyed over the Black Sea, nine over the Volgograd Region, seven over Crimea, seven over the Rostov Region, four over the Krasnodar Territory, two over the Belgorod Region, and one over the Sea of Azov.