The air defense forces shot down four drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine over the regions of Russia in an hour.

Air defense systems shot down four drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) within an hour over the Kaluga, Tula, Belgorod and Bryansk regions. This was announced on July 18 by the Russian Defense Ministry.

"In the period from 11:00 Moscow time to 12:00 Moscow time, four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of an airplane type were destroyed by air defense systems on duty," the ministry's Telegram channel says.

It is specified that one drone was shot down over each of the four mentioned regions.

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