"During the past night, from 11 p.m. Moscow time [20:00 GMT] on March 30 to 7 a.m. Moscow time [04:00 GMT] on March 31, air defense alert systems intercepted and destroyed 92 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the Bryansk, Belgorod, Leningrad, Kursk, Novgorod, Rostov, Samara, Smolensk, Oryol, Kaluga, Tver, and Moscow regions," the statement says.
Russian President Vladimir Putin had previously noted that Ukrainian forces are sending hundreds of drones to strike Russian territory. He emphasized that the Kiev regime is deliberately targeting civilians in the regions, attacking civilian infrastructure and transport, including ambulances and agricultural machinery. The head of state described the methods used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Kiev's foreign mercenaries as terrorist.