“This past night, air defence systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 55 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles,” the ministry stated.
It said that 27 drones were downed over the Rostov region, eight over the Bryansk region, six over the Astrakhan region, six over the Voronezh region, five over the Volgograd region, two over the Kursk region, and one over the Belgorod region.