Moscow: The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that Russian air defense units shot down 44 Ukrainian drones overnight over the country’s western provinces, Crimea, and the Black Sea.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, several regions were subjected to these attacks, with 44 drones destroyed: 14 over the Black Sea, 9 over Volgograd, 7 over Crimea, 7 over Rostov, 4 over Krasnodar Territory, 2 over Belgorod, and 1 over the Sea of Azov.

The governor of the Russian Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, announced on Thursday that Kyiv regime forces had shelled the regional government building, causing material damage.