DONETSK, March 22. /TASS/. A total of 73 Ukrainian armed forces unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been suppressed above the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) over the past 24 hours, the Telegram channel of the republic's defense headquarters reported.

It noted that, according to the Russian Federal Security Service's (FSB) Department for the DPR, the drones were suppressed over Donetsk and Makeyevka.

In the daily report for March 21, the headquarters reported the elimination of 80 Ukrainian UAVs in the skies above frontlines in Gorlovka, Donetsk, Makeyevka and Yasinovata.