Air Defense Downs 189 Ukrainian UAVs Across 14 Regions
Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 189 Ukrainian drones overnight across 14 regions, according to the Defense Ministry.
Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 189 Ukrainian UAVs over 14 regions overnight, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
According to the ministry, fixed-wing drones were shot down over the Belgorod, Rostov, Kursk, Voronezh, Bryansk, Saratov, Samara, Ryazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Volgograd, Astrakhan, Lipetsk, Tula, and Ulyanovsk regions.
The ministry stated that Ukraine regularly attempts to strike Russian regions using kamikaze drones, but air defense systems detect and destroy the overwhelming majority of aerial targets.
In response, the Russian Armed Forces carry out combined precision strikes against Ukraine’s military-industrial facilities, energy infrastructure, weapons depots, and locations of AFU units and foreign mercenaries.