IN BRIEF: One killed in Rostov Region as air defenses down 555 UAVs across Russia

MOSCOW, June 18. /TASS/. Air defenses intercepted and destroyed 555 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions and the Sea of Azov overnight, the Defense Ministry reported.

One person was killed in a drone attack on the town of Gukovo in southern Russia’s Rostov Region, and several others were injured.

TASS has compiled key details of the impact.

Scope

- Over the past night, air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 555 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over the Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Moscow, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tambov, Tula, Tver, Vladimir, Volgograd, and Voronezh Regions, Crimea, and over the Sea of Azov, the ministry specified.