"This past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed 41 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry said.
It said 12 drones were shot down over the Bryansk Region, five over the Kaluga Region, five over the Republic of Bashkortostan, three over the Moscow Region, two over the Belgorod Region, two over the Oryol Region, one over the Volgograd, Kursk, Ryazan, Tambov, Tula, and Samara regions each, and six over the Black Sea.