Baghdad: The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Russian air defense systems destroyed and intercepted 40 Ukrainian drones during the night, distributed over four provinces. The Ministry said in a statement: “17 Ukrainian drones were destroyed during the night, over the Volgograd province, 12 drones over the Kaluga province, nine others over the Rostov province, and two over the Saratov province.”

According to National Iraqi News Agency, Ukrainian forces target, almost daily, Russian border areas in the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Voronezh provinces, and the Crimean Peninsula, with drones and missiles.