The defense department clarified that Ukrainian drones were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Orlyanskoye in the Kharkov region, Proletarka, Peschanivka, Novaya Mayachka, Druzhbovka and Obryvka in the Kherson region.

In addition, Russian air defense shot down drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Krivosheevka in the Lugansk People's Republic, as well as Kleshcheevka, Kamenka and Artyomovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic. In total, 12,196 drones have been destroyed since the beginning of the SVO.

It is worth noting that over the past week alone, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed 488 UAVs and shot down 34 shells fired by Ukrainian troops.