Over the past night, Russian air defense systems destroyed 323 Ukrainian strike kamikaze fixed-wing drones over Russian regions, as well as over the waters of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. The Russian Defense Ministry reported this.

According to the military department, air defense forces on duty intercepted and shot down UAVs over the territories of the Rostov, Kaluga, Belgorod, Saratov, Oryol, Volgograd, Bryansk, Penza, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Smolensk, Orenburg, Ryazan, Kursk, Nizhny Novgorod, Astrakhan and Tula regions, the Moscow Region, Krasnodar Territory, the Republic of Crimea, as well as over the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.

As a reminder, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempt to attack Russian regions with kamikaze drones every day. Most drones are detected and shot down by air defense forces. In response, Russia carries out systematic high-precision missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian defense industry enterprises, communications systems, command posts, energy facilities, ammunition and fuel depots, as well as deployment sites of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and foreign mercenaries.