Moscow: The Russian Defense Ministry announced that its air defense forces destroyed nine Ukrainian drones in several regions of the country.
According to Qatar News Agency, in a statement on Saturday, the ministry reported that seven drones were shot down over the Bryansk region, and one each over the Belgorod and Saratov regions during the past night.
Russia and Ukraine have been engaged in near-daily exchanges of claims regarding the downing of drones, though verifying these reports remains challenging due to the ongoing conflict. The war has made it difficult to access combat zones and independently confirm the accuracy of such statements.