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Russian Air Defence shot down 162 Ukrainian drones early at night: Defence Ministry

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Moscow: Russian air defence alert systems shot down 162 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions last night, most of all over the Kursk region, the Russian Defence Ministry said.

“In the period from 20:10 Moscow time on June 1 to 02:00 on June 2 [17:10 to 23:00 GMT Sunday], air defence alert systems intercepted and destroyed 162 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles,” the ministry said.

It is noted that 57 drones were shot down over the Kursk region, 31 over the Belgorod region, 27 over the Lipetsk region, 16 over the Voronezh region, and 11 over the Bryansk and Ryazan regions each.

Six UAVs were destroyed over the Oryol region, two over the territory of Crimea and one over the Tambov region.

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