The ministry stated in a release issued on Thursday morning: “During the past night, the on-duty air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 17 Ukrainian drones.
Six drones were shot down over the Voronezh region, five over the Belgorod region, two over each of the Bryansk and Kursk regions, one over the Lipetsk region, and another over the Tambov region.
Kyiv follows terrorist methods, primarily using attack drones and artillery shelling against civilians and civilian facilities in Russia.
The Russian special military operation, which began on February 24, 2022, aims to protect the residents of Donbas, who have been subjected to persecution and genocide by the Kyiv regime for years.
