Russia’s Defence Ministry said yesterday its air defence units had intercepted and destroyed 285 Ukrainian drones over a 12-hour period.
The ministry said the drones were downed over a period extending from 8am to 8pm Moscow time (0500-1700 GMT) and added that the incidents had occurred mainly in central and western Russian regions. But they also included the region of Bashkortostan, between the Volga River and the Ural mountains.
The Mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, wrote on Telegram that air defence units had destroyed five drones headed for the capital, a regular occurrence in the more than four and half year-war pitting Russia against Ukraine.
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