Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces reported detecting 754 Ukrainian drones in the skies above Russia and occupied Crimea – a new record.
The drones appeared at different times throughout the day, and the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation issued regular updates about the drone attacks.
On March 8, the ministry’s Telegram channel reported that a total of 621 drones had been destroyed.
At the beginning of March 9, the ministry told Russian media that allegedly 754 drones had already been shot down, the outlet Interfax reported.
The most heavily targeted regions were Bryansk, Belgorod, Tula regions and Krasnodar Krai and occupied Crimea.
Breakdown by region based on reports from the Russian Defense Ministry’s Telegram channel as of the end of March 8:
- Bryansk region – 235
- Occupied Crimea – 78
- Krasnodar Krai – 61
- Tula region – 48
- Belgorod region – 41
- Ryazan region – 20
- Astrakhan region – 21
- Kaluga region – 16
- Kursk region – 15
- Moscow region / Moscow – 14
- Rostov region – 18
- Black Sea waters – 10
- Sea of Azov waters – 7
- Oryol region – 5
- Smolensk region – 4
- Republic of Adygea – 4
- Voronezh region – 3
- Volgograd region – 2
- Lipetsk region – 1
This became a new record for the number of attacks on Russian territory, which may indicate a significant increase in the production of drones for the Ukrainian Defense Forces of Ukraine.
A few days ago, Ukrainian Liutyi strike drones attacked a Russian chemical plant in Kirovo-Chepetsk of the Kirov region.
