"This past night, from 23:00 on October 31 to 7:00 on November 1, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 98 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry said.
It said 45 drones were shot down over the Belgorod Region, 12 over the Samara Region, 11 over the Moscow Region, 10 over the Voronezh Region, 10 over the Rostov Region, four over the Tula Region, two over the Lipetsk Region, two over the Ryazan Region, one over the Kursk Region and one over the Kaluga Region.