Russia’s Defense Ministry said its air defense units destroyed 51 Ukrainian drones in the space of less than three hours late on Monday, most of them over western Kursk region.
A ministry statement posted on the Telegram messaging app said its units had destroyed 40 drones over western Kursk region between 8:20 p.m. and 11 p.m. Moscow time (1720-2000 GMT).
Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the weekend that Moscow’s troops had ejected Ukrainian forces from Kursk region more than eight months after Kyiv staged a mass cross-border incursion.
Other drones were destroyed over central Oryol region and Belgorod in the south and over the Crimean peninsula and the Black Sea.
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