FACTBOX: Reports of injuries in Novorossiysk as 172 Ukrainian drones hit Russian regions

MOSCOW, March 2. /TASS/. Air defenses shot down 172 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over Russian regions overnight, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.

Five people were wounded in the attack on Novorossiysk in southern Russia, 17 residential buildings, including eight apartment buildings, and a daycare center were damaged.

TASS has compiled the key information about the raid.

- Between 11:00 p.m. Moscow time (8:00 p.m. GMT) on March 1 and 7:00 a.m. Moscow time (4:00 a.m. GMT) on March 2, on-duty air defense units intercepted and destroyed 172 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over Russian regions, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

- According to the report, 67 UAVs were shot down over the Black Sea, 66 over the Krasnodar Region, 23 over Crimea, eight over the Azov Sea, four over the Belgorod Region, three over the Kursk Region, and one over the Astrakhan Region.