Russia’s Defense Ministry announced that 316 Ukrainian-type unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed within 12 hours on Monday, August 17.
The ministry said Russian air defense units intercepted and destroyed aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles between 08:00 and 20:00 Moscow time.
Areas where the UAVs were reported
The ministry said the vehicles it reported as destroyed were located in the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Rostov and Smolensk regions, as well as the Moscow region, Crimea and over the Black Sea.