Russian air defense “intercepts and destroys” 51 Ukrainian drones in different parts of the country during the early hours of the morning

MADRID 27 Oct. () –

The air defense forces of the Russian Army have intercepted a total of 51 drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces over different regions of its national territory, including Bryansk and Belgorod, during the early hours of Sunday, the country’s authorities reported early in the morning. tomorrow.

“Last night, when the kyiv regime attempted to carry out terrorist attacks using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation, 51 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted and destroyed by defense systems in service”, the Russian Ministry of Defense has summarized in a statement shared through Telegram.

Defense officials have clarified in the same note that these drones were directed towards targets located in different locations in such a way that 18 have been detected from the Tambov region; another 16 have been shot down in Belgorod; four more in each of the Bryansk, Lipetsk and Oryol regions; three – over the territory of Voronezh; another in Kursk and a last one over the Sea of ​​Azov.

These attacks come after, the day before, the guard troops of the Russian Army reported the destruction of nearly 40 unmanned aerial vehicles of Ukrainian origin, according to Russian Government sources.