Russian air defenses have shot down 174 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said, quoted by Reuters, BTA reports.
“In the interval between 8:00 p.m. and 4:20 a.m. Moscow time, 174 unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted and destroyed over the territories of Bryansk, Rostov, Saratov, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Ryazan, Tula, Belgorod and Tambov regions, as well as over the Moscow region and the Republic of Crimea“, the ministry said in a statement, also quoted by TASS.
In addition, the Russian side reports that it has neutralized three Ukrainian "Neptun-MD" cruise missiles over the Black Sea.
There is currently no independent verification of these claims.