Moscow, June 10
Russia's air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 102 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles overnight, the country's Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday via its official Telegram channel.
According to the ministry, the drones were neutralised between 9:50 p.m. Moscow time on Monday and 5:50 a.m. on Tuesday, across several regions in western and central Russia.
Forty-six unmanned vehicles were downed over Bryansk Oblast, 20 over Belgorod Oblast, nine each over Voronezh Oblast and Crimea, four each over Kaluga Oblast and the Republic of Tatarstan, three over Moscow Oblast, two each over Leningrad, Oryol, and Kursk Oblasts, and one over Smolensk Oblast, said the ministry, news agency reported.
Ukraine's overnight drone strikes have forced a temporary suspension of flights in all airports serving Moscow and the country's second-largest city, St. Petersburg, but caused no damage, Russian officials reported on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Russia launched a massive overnight drone and missile assault on Ukraine from Sunday night to early Monday, deploying 479 unmanned aerial vehicles in what Ukrainian officials called the largest drone attack since the war began over three years ago.