MOSCOW, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Russia's air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 102 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles overnight, the country's Ministry of Defense said Tuesday via its official Telegram channel.
According to the ministry, the drones were neutralized between 9:50 p.m. Moscow time (1850 GMT) on Monday and 5:50 a.m. (0250 GMT) on Tuesday, across several regions in western and central Russia.
Forty-six unmanned vehicles were downed over Bryansk Oblast, 20 over Belgorod Oblast, nine each over Voronezh Oblast and Crimea, four each over Kaluga Oblast and the Republic of Tatarstan, three over Moscow Oblast, two each over Leningrad, Oryol, and Kursk Oblasts, and one over Smolensk Oblast, said the ministry. ■
