MOSCOW, January 25. /TASS/. Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 52 Ukrainian drones over the past night, the Russian Ministry of Defense said.

Eighteen fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles were downed in the Bryansk Region, the ministry said. Fifteen drones were destroyed in the Krasnodar Region, nine drones in the Rostov Region, four drones in the Oryol Region, and three drones r in each of Belgorod and Astrakhan Regions, it added.