193 Drones in Half a Day: Ukraine Conducts Massive Attack on Russian Regions

From 08:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, the Russian air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 193 Ukrainian drones of the aircraft type, reported the Russian Defense Ministry. The unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down in the regions of Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol, Kaluga, and Tula. Several drones were also destroyed in the skies over the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, Bashkortostan, Crimea, as well as the waters of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.

Earlier, the Russian military had also reported the destruction of a Ukrainian patrol boat in the port of Ochakov in the Mykolaiv region. Additionally, Russian forces eliminated storage facilities for fuel and lubricants and unloading equipment for military cargo in the port of Odesa.

During the night hours, air defense systems destroyed 362 Ukrainian drones across 19 regions of Russia and in two seas. According to Radi Khabirov, head of Bashkortostan, debris from the drones fell in an industrial zone, causing a fire.