"This past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 94 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry said.
It said 36 drones were shot down over the Rostov Region, 17 over the Belgorod Region, 15 over the Voronezh Region, seven over the Caspian Sea, six over the Samara Region, six over the Astrakhan Region, five over the Sea of Azov, one over the Kursk Region and one over the Krasnodar Territory.