GENICHESK, April 16. /TASS/. Russia’s battlegroup Dnepr has suppressed and shot down 83 Ukrainian drones in the Kherson Region over the past 24 hours, Governor Vladimir Saldo said.

"Over the day, the enemy losses amounted to: up to 60 fighters, nine guns and mortars, two cars. Air defenses and electronic warfare systems suppressed and shot down 83 reconnaissance and attack drones," he wrote on his Telegram channel.

In addition, according to the governor, during the night there was a strike on the enemy landing zone on the right bank of the Dnieper River. As a result of the attack, nine boats and up to 20 militants were destroyed.