"Over the past night, air defense alert systems destroyed and intercepted 32 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles," the statement says.
The ministry clarified that 4 UAVs had been shot down over the Belgorod Region, 4 over the Bryansk Region, 4 over the Krasnodar Territory, 4 over the Novgorod Region, 4 over the Rostov Region.
It also stated that 3 drones were shot down over the Leningrad Region, 2 over the Voronezh Region, 1 over the Volgograd Region, 1 over the Kursk Region, 1 over the Smolensk Region and 1 over the Tula Region.