The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the "downing" of nine drones at night

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the "downing" of nine drones at night

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The Russian Defense Ministry claims to have shot down nine drones overnight in the Kaluga and Moscow regions.

Russia says that at night, airplane-type UAVs  tried to attack targets in Russia. The Russian Defense Ministry reported the alleged downing of nine drones over the territories of Kaluga and Moscow regions, UNN reports

Regular air defense systems destroyed and intercepted nine Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of Kaluga and Moscow regions

- the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Telegram.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin also wrote on Telegram that Russian air defense "repelled an attack" by a drone on the night of Thursday, December 14.

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