The air defense forces shot down 42 drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine over the regions of Russia in five hours.

The Air Defense Forces shot down 42 drones in five hours The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) over the regions of Russia. This was announced on May 23 by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

"In the period from 9:00 to 14:00, 42 Ukrainian aircraft—type unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted and destroyed by air defense systems on duty," the ministry said in a message on the Maks messenger.

According to the Ministry of Defense, drones were shot down over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Nizhny Novgorod, Smolensk, Tula regions and Perm Krai. UAVs also tried to attack the Moscow region and Crimea.

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Earlier in the day, the Ministry of Defense reported that air defense systems destroyed 17 Ukrainian drones over four regions of the Russian Federation in two hours. The UAVs were eliminated over the territories of Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk and Ryazan regions.