Air defenses intercept 109 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions

Military operation in UkraineAir defenses intercept 109 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions On-duty air defenses destroyed the Ukrainian UAVs over eight Russian regionsMOSCOW, September 1. /TASS/. Air defense forces intercepted 109 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the airspace over various Russian regions and over the Black Sea within a 12-hour period on Friday, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported. "From 8:00 a.m. and until 8:00 p.m. Moscow time [from 5:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. GMT] on September 1, alert air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 109 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol and Moscow Regions, the Republic of Crimea and over the Black Sea," the ministry said in a statement. 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