The Russian air defense forces shot down 36 Ukrainian drones over regions of Russia last night, the Russian Defense Ministry said, quoted by TASS, BTA reported.
"This night, from 23:00 Moscow time on November 16 to 07:00 Moscow time on November 17, the air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 36 Ukrainian unmanned aircraft of the aircraft type: 14 - over the territory of the Bryansk region, 8 - over the territory of the Tambov region, 5 - over the territory of the Ulyanovsk region, 4 - over the territory of the Voronezh region, 3 - over the territory of the Oryol region and one each - over the territories of the Nizhny Novgorod and Tula regions", the statement said. the Russian department.
Meanwhile, it became clear that the Ukrainian city of Izmail on the Danube was subjected to a massive attack by drones, the Izmail regional state administration announced on "Facebook".
The regional authorities called on residents to take refuge in bomb shelters. Over 20 drones headed for Izmail from the Black Sea, and loud explosions echoed in the city, local channels in the "Telegram" application reported. The air raid sirens were activated at 11:00 p.m.
The Bulgarians in the Odessa region number over 150,000 people and are the third largest according to the latest official census in Ukraine. About 50-60 thousand Bulgarians live in the city of Odessa itself. The largest compact Bulgarian population is concentrated in the Bolgrad, Izmail and Belgorod-Dniester regions.