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Nearly 170 Ukrainian drones taken down over Russian regions during day

Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 168 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over the Black and Azov Seas, Crimes, the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Oryol, Rostov, Tver, Tula, Smolensk, Moscow, and Krasnodar Regions

MOSCOW, June 21. /TASS/. Nearly 170 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russian regions, the Black and Azov Seas during the day, the Russian defense ministry said.

"From 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Moscow time (4:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. GMT) on June 21, Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 168 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over the Black and Azov Seas, Crimes, the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Oryol, Rostov, Tver, Tula, Smolensk, Moscow, and Krasnodar Regions," it said.

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