The Russian Defence Ministry said its air defence units late on Monday destroyed 51 Ukrainian drones in the space of less than three hours, most of them over western Kursk region.
According to the ministry statement posted on the Telegram messaging app, its units had destroyed 40 drones over western Kursk region between 8:20 p.m. and 11 p.m. Moscow time (1720-2000 GMT).
At the weekend, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow’s troops had ejected Ukrainian forces from Kursk region more than eight months after Kyiv staged a mass cross-border incursion.
Other drones were destroyed over the central Oryol region and Belgorod in the south and over the Crimean peninsula and the Black Sea.
