MOSCOW, July 20. /TASS/. Russia has taken full control of energy facilities and the R-280 Novorossiya highway in the Zaporozhye Region, which links it to Crimea, as it will now be better able to protect the stretch from Ukrainian drones, Governor Yevgeny Balitsky told President Vladimir Putin.

He also said that the effectiveness of enemy drones is dwindling in the Zaporozhye Region thanks to improvements in air defense systems.

Putin supported the Union Project, an initiative by the mayors of major cities to build bus stops in Berdyansk, Zaporozhye Region, for the 200th anniversary of the city.

TASS collected key statements made at the meeting.

Better countering enemy drones