Baghdad: The Russian Defense Ministry announced today, Monday, that air defense systems destroyed 50 Ukrainian drones over several Russian regions overnight.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, the Ministry said in a statement: “Air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 50 Ukrainian drones, 12 of them over the Belgorod region, four over the Saratov region, three drones were shot down over the Samara and Orenburg regions and the Republic of Tatarstan, two drones over the Krasnodar Territory, 16 drones over the Black Sea Basin, and seven over the Sea of Azov Basin.”