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Russian Defense Ministry destroys 301 Ukrainian drones overnight
The Russian Defense Ministry announced that 301 Ukrainian-made unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down over various regions of the country overnight. Air defense systems were activated in Moscow, Voronezh, Bryansk and many other areas.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced that between 20:00 on June 21 and 07:00 on June 22, air defense systems shot down 301 Ukrainian-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Targeted regions
According to the ministry's statement, the UAVs were destroyed over the following regions:
- Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Rostov, Tambov, Tver, Tula and Smolensk oblasts
- Moscow region
- Krasnodar Krai
- Annexed Crimea
- Waters of the Azov and Black Seas
Statements from local authorities
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported that 74 more UAVs approaching the capital were neutralized in the air. Due to these attacks, flight restrictions were in place overnight at Moscow's Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports.
In Voronezh Oblast, attacks were carried out over six different areas involving 18 UAVs, while in Rostov Oblast, attacks occurred over the city of Gukovo and the Chertkovsky and Verkhnedonskoy districts.
Acting Governor of Bryansk Oblast Yegor Kovalchuk announced that a large-scale UAV attack on the region over the past 24 hours had been repelled. Kovalchuk stated on social media that 192 enemy UAVs were destroyed by air defense units of the Russian Defense Ministry, mobile fire groups of the BARS-Bryansk brigade, the Bryansk Transport Department of the Russian Interior Ministry, and special units of the Russian National Guard.
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