Fire at warehouse in Leningrad Region, 62 drones: aftermath of Ukrainian attack on Russia

MOSCOW, April 17. /TASS/. Air defense forces shot down 62 Ukrainian UAVs over Russian regions overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

A fire in a warehouse was recorded in the Vyborg district of the Leningrad region due to falling UAV debris.

TASS has compiled the main information about the consequences.

- Duty air defense assets, during the period from 8:00 p.m. Moscow time on April 16 to 7:00 a.m. Moscow time [5 p.m. to 4 a.m. GMT] on April 17, intercepted and destroyed 62 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over Russian regions, the Defense Ministry reported.

- According to the department, UAVs were shot down over the Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kursk, Leningrad, and Novgorod Regions, as well as the Republic of Crimea.