Moscow - Saba:
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Thursday that Russian air defense systems had shot down 82 Ukrainian drones over several provinces overnight.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement: "Thirty-one drones were destroyed over the Sea of Azov basin, 11 over Crimea, 10 over Rostov Oblast, nine over Krasnodar Territory, eight over the Black Sea, seven over Volgograd Oblast, four over Belgorod Oblast, and one drone each over Kursk and Oryol Oblasts."