Russian Defense Ministry reported that air defense systems shot down 15 Ukrainian drones across multiple Russian regions overnight, including six over the Republic of Adygea, three over Bryansk Oblast, three over Krasnodar Krai, and one each in Rostov, Belgorod, and Orel oblasts.
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Russian Defense Ministry said it shot down 15 drones over the country's territory last night: six over Republic of Adygea, three over Bryansk Oblast, three over Krasnodar Krai, and one each in Rostov, Belgorod, and Orel oblasts
According to Russia's Defense Ministry, air defense shot down six drones over the Republic of Adygea in the Caucasus mountains, three over Bryansk Oblast, three over Krasnodar Krai, one over Rostov Oblast, one over Belgorod Oblast, and one over Oryol Oblast.
Russian troops carried out 96 attacks along the entire frontline, most of them in the Pokrovsk sector
Ukrainian defenders are holding the defensive lines
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