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Russian Air Defenses Shoot Down 189 Ukrainian Drones Overnight
Russian Air Defenses Shoot Down 189 Ukrainian Drones Overnight
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During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 189 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, the ministry said.
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"During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 189 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry said. It said the drones were shot down over the Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kursk, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov, Tula, and Ulyanovsk regions.
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Russian Air Defenses Shoot Down 189 Ukrainian Drones Overnight
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian air defenses shot down 189 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 189 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry said.
It said the drones were shot down over the Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kursk, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov, Tula, and Ulyanovsk regions.
