Russian Ministry of Defense claimed to have shot down 1,200 Ukrainian drones
On the night of November 12–13, Russian air defenses reportedly intercepted and destroyed 1,198 Ukrainian aircraft-type drones over regions of the Russian Federation and occupied Crimea.
This was reported by Censor.NET, citing the Russian Ministry of Defense.
According to the Russian agency, drones were spotted flying over:
- The central part of the Russian Federation: Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Oryol, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tver, and Tula regions;
- The southern part: Astrakhan, Volgograd, Voronezh, and Rostov regions;
- The Volga region: Saratov region.
The Russian Ministry of Defense also reported that drones had been intercepted over the Moscow region, occupied Crimea, and the Black Sea.
The ministry specified that this occurred between 8:00 p.m. on November 12 and 8:00 a.m. on November 13, Moscow time. There is no independent confirmation of the reported number of drones shot down.
What led up to this?
According to reports from the Russian Ministry of Defense, since the start of the war, the only other night on which more drones were shot down in a single night was October 29—1,214 drones.
