"This the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 193 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry said.
It said 47 drones were shot down over the Bryansk Region, 42 over the Kaluga Region, 40 over the Moscow Region, 32 over the Tula Region, ten over the Kursk Region, seven over the Oryol Region, four over the Rostov Region, four over the Voronezh Region, two drones over the Orenburg Region, two over the Tambov Region, one over the Belgorod Region, one over the Lipetsk Region and one over the Samara Region.