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Russian Air Defense systems destroyed 36 Ukrainian drones overnight

Moscow, Nov 17 (UNI/SPUTNIK) Russian air defense alert systems shot down 36 Ukrainian drones over seven regions of Russia last night, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"During the previous night, from 11:00 p.m. Moscow time [20:00 GMT] on November 16 to 7:00 a.m. Moscow time [04:00 GMT] on November 17, air defense alert systems intercepted and destroyed 36 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles," the statement says.
Fourteen of these were shot down over the Bryansk Region, eight over the Tambov Region, five over the Ulyanovsk Region, and four over the Voronezh Region.
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