Moscow: The Russian Defense Ministry announced in a statement that 51 Ukrainian drones were downed over several provinces in less than three hours.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, the Ministry’s statement read: “Yesterday evening, Tuesday, between 9:00 PM and 11:40 PM Moscow time, air defense systems destroyed 51 Ukrainian drones.”

The statement added: “28 drones were downed over Bryansk, 10 over Kursk, 6 over Rostov, 4 over Oryol, 1 over Kaluga, 1 over Tula, and 1 over Lipetsk.”