Air Defense means of the night destroyed and intercepted 65 drones. This was reported on Friday, May 16 in the telegram channel of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
“From 22.00 on May 15 to 08.30 on May 16, 65 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type were destroyed and intercepted by the air defense systems,- follows from the message.
The department also clarified that 43 drones were destroyed over the Black Sea, 21 over the territory of the annexed Crimea, one over the territory of the Belgorod region.
The attacks of drones on the Russian regions began in 2022 against the backdrop of the “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine.
Kyiv did not officially confirm its involvement, but in August 2023, an adviser to the head of the office of the Ukrainian president Mikhail Podolyak said that the number of UAVs of UAVs in Russia “will increase.”
In early March 2023, President Vladimir Zelensky said that the whole world sees the results of Ukraine’s use of drones of its own production in strategic objects in Russia. “I think everyone sees that our drones work. And they work long -range. Our range is a real approach of security for everyone,” the head of the Ukrainian state in a video show after a massive drone attack on the regions of the Russian Federation, including the Moscow region.
Zelensky emphasized that “Ukraine will apply the Russian state with return losses is quite fair.”