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Russian Air Defence systems down 174 Ukrainian drones overnight: Defence Ministry

Moscow, June 6 (UNI) Russian air defence systems shot down and intercepted 174 Ukrainian drones last night, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday.
"During the past night from 20:00 Moscow time [17:00 GMT] on June 5 to 04:20 Moscow time on June 6, air defence systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 174 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Bryansk, Rostov, Saratov, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Ryazan, Tula, Belgorod, Tambov, Moscow regions and the Republic of Crimea," the ministry said in a statement.
Additionally, the air defence systems destroyed three Ukrainian Neptune-MD guided missiles over the Black Sea, the statement read.
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