MOSCOW: Russia said on Friday that it had shot down 221 Ukrainian drones overnight, one of the highest tallies of the more than three-year war. Moscow’s defense ministry said its alert systems had “intercepted and destroyed” the drones, over half of which flew over the regions of Bryansk and Smolensk. The figure included 28 aircraft downed over the Leningrad region, which surrounds the city of St Petersburg. Leningrad governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said a fire had broken out on a vessel in the Port of Primorsk, a major facility on the Baltic Sea, following drone incursions in the region.

Six of them were destroyed over the Voronezh Region

In particular, 85 UAVs were downed over Bryansk Region, 42 over Smolensk Region and 28 over Leningrad Region

MOSCOW: Russia said on Friday that it had shot down 221 Ukrainian drones overnight, one of the highest tallies of the more than three-year war. Moscow’s defense ministry said its…

Temporary restrictions on flight arrivals and departures were imposed at the airports of Kaluga, Pskov, and Yaroslavl, as well as Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg