### Russian Air Defense Forces Intercept and Destroy 154 Ukrainian Drones Overnight
Russian air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 154 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) during the night of April 23, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The aircraft-type drones were shot down over Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kursk, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov, Samara regions, the Republic of Crimea (territory annexed by Russia in 2014), as well as over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.