Russian air defenses shot down 222 Ukrainian drones overnight
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On the night of September 15, Russian air defense systems destroyed 222 Ukrainian Armed Forces drones over the territories of 14 regions of Russia, including the Oryol, Belgorod, Voronezh and other regions, the republics of Tatarstan and Crimea, as well as the Black Sea, as the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Telegram.
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On the night of September 15, Russian air defense systems shot down 222 drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) over the regions. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported this on Telegram.
As the department clarified, the drones were destroyed in the Oryol, Belgorod, Voronezh, Tula, Tambov, Bryansk, Rostov, Kursk, Lipetsk, Ryazan, Saratov, Samara, Kaluga and Ulyanovsk regions, in the republics of Tatarstan and Crimea, as well as over the Black Sea.
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- What type of drone was used in the attack?
- Was there damage observed on the ground as a result of falling debris?
- Which air defense systems are involved in the interception?
