Russian Air Defense Forces Intercept 315 Ukrainian Drones Overnight

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08:34; 19 May 2026 year
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During the night of May 19, Russian air defense units intercepted and destroyed 315 Ukrainian drones, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down over the territories of Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Novgorod, Orel, Pskov, Ryazan, Rostov, Smolensk, Tambov, Tver, Tula, Yaroslavl regions, Moscow area, Krasnodar region, the Republic of Crimea (a region annexed by Russia in 2014 and internationally recognized as part of Ukraine), and over the Azov Sea.