Russia Says It Intercepted 121 Ukrainian Drones Over Regions

08:06; 21 May 2026 year

### Russian Air Defense Intercepts 121 Ukrainian Drones Overnight Russian air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 121 Ukrainian drones during the night of May 21, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense. The unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down over the territories of Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kursk, Rostov, Samara, and Saratov regions, as well as the Republic of Kalmykia, Crimea (a region claimed by Ukraine but annexed by Russia in 2014), and over the Caspian Sea.

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