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Russian Air Defence destroys 91 Ukrainian drones since evening of Apr 28: Ministry

Moscow, Apr 29 (UNI) The Russian air defence systems destroyed 40 Ukrainian drones over the past night, while 91 drones were shot down since Monday evening, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday.
"During the past night, air defence systems destroyed 40 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones: 11 drones over the Ryazan Region, eight drones over the Nizhny Novgorod Region, seven drones over the Oryol Region, four drones over the Republic of Crimea, four drones over the Black Sea, two drones over the Moscow Region, two drones over the Belgorod Region, one drone over the Kaluga Region and one drone over the Bryansk Region," the ministry said.
The ministry added that in total, from 20:00 Moscow time on April 28 to 06:00 Moscow time on April 29 (from 17:00 GMT to 03:00 GMT), the air defence systems destroyed 91 Ukrainian drones.
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