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Russian Air Defense Destroys 38 Ukrainian Drones Over Crimea

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian air defense systems shot down 38 Ukrainian drones over Crimea, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

"Tonight, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using 38 fixed-wing drones on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation was prevented. All Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by air defense systems over the territory of the Republic of Crimea," the ministry said.

Ukraine has been sending drones and missiles into the Russian territory almost daily since it launched a counteroffensive in early June. The United Nations said in August, following a botched drone strike on Moscow, that it did not want to see any targeting of civilian infrastructure.

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