Moscow: The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that its air defense systems shot down 116 Ukrainian drones over ten regions last night.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, the ministry stated in a statement on Saturday that 29 of these drones were destroyed over the Ryazan region, 27 over the Voronezh region, 23 over the Bryansk region, and 21 over the Belgorod region.

The statement added that six drones were also shot down over the Tver region, three each over the Kursk and Lipetsk regions, two over the Tambov region, one over the Tula region, and one over the Oryol region.