"This past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 97 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry said.
It said 40 drones were shot down over Crimea, 22 over the Bryansk Region, 16 over the Belgorod Region, 10 over the Black Sea, four over the Krasnodar Territory, two over the Kursk Region, two over the Kaluga Region, and one over the Tula Region.