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Russian Air Defense Shots Down 125 Ukrainian Drones Overnight - MoD

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20240929

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 125 Ukrainian drones over seven regions of the Russian Federation and over the waters of the Sea of ​​Azov overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

"During the past night, when the Kiev regime attempted to carry out a terrorist attack using unmanned aerial vehicles on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation, air defense systems on duty destroyed and intercepted 125 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones," the ministry said.

According to the ministry, 67 drones were intercepted and destroyed over the Volgograd Region, 17 over the Belgorod Region, 17 over the Voronezh Region, 18 over the Rostov Region, one over the Bryansk and Kursk regions and the Krasnodar Territory. Three drones were destroyed over the waters of the Sea of ​​Azov.

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