Russia: 610 Ukrainian drones were destroyed last night

The Ministry of Defense of Russia announced that the country's air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 610 Ukrainian drones over different regions of Russia last night.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia announced that the country's air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 610 Ukrainian drones over different regions of Russia last night.

According to Ambassador Arjan, quoted by Sputnik, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday that the country's air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 610 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory from 20:00 Friday to 08:00 Saturday morning local time.

According to the statement of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, these drones were shot down over Leningrad, Novgorod, Tver, Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk, Oryol, Kaluga, Voronezh, Rostov, Smolensk and Tula provinces, as well as Moscow region, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Region, Krasnodar Territory, Crimean Peninsula and Black Sea waters.

Sergei Sobyanin, the mayor of Moscow, also announced earlier that 75 drones were destroyed while moving towards this city.

Also, Dmitry Milayev, the governor of Tula province, said on Saturday that Russian air defense systems destroyed 9 Ukrainian drones over this province last night, and no one was injured in this incident.

In another part of this report, it is stated that in response to the Ukrainian attacks, Russian forces have targeted military industrial facilities, production and maintenance centers for long-range and medium-range drones, decision-making centers and infrastructures that are used for military purposes in Ukraine.