FACTBOX: Russia hit by 206 drones overnight, injuries reported in Belgorod Region

MOSCOW, March 17. /TASS/. Air defenses shot down 206 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over Russian regions overnight, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.

As a result of the attack, five people were wounded in the city of Korocha in the Belgorod Region.

TASS has compiled the main information about the drone raid.

- Between 8:00 p.m. Moscow time (5:00 p.m. GMT) on March 16 and 7:00 a.m. Moscow time (4:00 a.m. GMT) on March 17, on-duty air defenses intercepted and destroyed 206 Ukrainian fixed-wing UAVs over Russian regions, the Defense Ministry reported.

- According to the report, 62 drones were shot down over the Bryansk Region, 43 over the Moscow Region, including 40 targeting Moscow, 28 over the Krasnodar Region, 18 over Crimea, 12 each over the Smolensk Region and the Azov Sea, nine over the Kaluga Region, eight over the Belgorod Region, six over the Rostov Region, four over the Leningrad Region, three over the Astrakhan Region, and one over Russia’s Republic of Adygea.