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 Shoots Down Nearly 70 Drones

11:28, 23 September 2025

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Russian air defence systems destroyed 69 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over ten Russian regions as well as the Black and Azov Seas overnight, the Russian Defence Ministry told reporters.

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“On 23 September, from midnight until 7:00 a.m., air defence alert units destroyed 69 Ukrainian UAVs over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga and Kursk regions, the Moscow region, the Rostov, Ryazan, Samara and Saratov regions, and the Republic of Crimea,” the ministry said in a statement.

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