In the course of this night, Russian air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 47 Ukrainian drones in the Belgorod, Kursk, Volgograd and Rostov Regions of the country, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday, Paralel.Az reports citing TASS.

"The Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by the air defense means on duty over the territories of the Belgorod Region (one UAV), the Kursk Region (two UAVs), the Volgograd Region (three UAVs) and the Rostov Region (41 UAVs)," the ministry added.