Over 350 Ukrainian Drones Shot Down in Russia Overnight, Authorities Say

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07:49; 03 June 2026 year
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### Russian Air Defense Intercepts Massive UAV Attack Over Multiple Regions In the night of June 3, Russian air defense systems intercepted and neutralized a large-scale attack by Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, 354 aircraft-type drones were detected and destroyed. The drones were identified and eliminated over the territories of Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Leningrad, Novgorod, Orel, Pskov, Rostov, Smolensk, Tver, and Tula regions, as well as Moscow region, Krasnodar territory, Republic of Crimea, and the Azov Sea waters. The Ministry emphasized that all UAVs were promptly detected and neutralized by air defense units. Emergency and operational services are working at the sites where the drone debris fell.