DONETSK, February 19. /TASS/. Russian Air Defense systems suppressed seventy-three Ukrainian drones over Donetsk, Makeyevka and Yasinovataya during the weekend, the Defense Staff of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) said.

"According to data of the Department of the Russian Federal Security Service for DPR, 73 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were detected and suppressed during the weekend over Donetsk, Makeyevka, and Yasinovataya," it said.

A strike drone bearing improvised explosives was intercepted among others, the Defense Staff added.