Russian air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 272 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles across multiple regions, the Russian Defence Ministry said on June 4.
The ministry said the drones were downed over a wide geographic area, including the Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kursk, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan and Tambov regions.
According to the statement, interceptions also took place over Crimea, as well as above the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
By Tamilla Hasanova