MOSCOW, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 163 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said Monday.
According to the ministry, the drones were shot down between 11:00 p.m. local time (2000 GMT) on Sunday and 7:00 a.m. (0400 GMT) on Monday.
Fifty-four were downed over the Bryansk region and 47 over Crimea, it said, noting that another 16 drones were intercepted over the Krasnodar region and 11 over the Kaluga region.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Sunday that Russian air defense also downed six drones heading toward Moscow. ■
