(MENAFN) Ukraine and Russia each reported thwarting large-scale drone offensives during the night, with both sides claiming to have intercepted more than 100 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Ukraine’s Air Force Command announced that its air defense forces successfully neutralized or suppressed 92 out of 130 Russian drones launched from multiple directions, including Kursk, Millerovo, Shatalovo, Orel, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, and the Crimean Peninsula, which remains under Russian control.

“The enemy attacked with 130 attack UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera type and drones of other types. About 80 of them were Shahed,” the command said via Telegram.

Ukraine countered the barrage using a combination of aviation, anti-aircraft missile systems, electronic warfare capabilities, and mobile fire units. Ukrainian forces reported that 25 drones managed to hit 11 different sites in northern and eastern Ukraine, with wreckage falling in several localities.

A state news outlet further reported that a Russian drone struck a railway station in the northeastern Sumy region, causing injuries to two people.

On the other side, Russia’s Defense Ministry declared that its air defense systems intercepted 139 Ukrainian drones overnight across multiple regions, including 56 over Belgorod, 22 in Bryansk, and 21 in Voronezh.

The ministry also reported additional drone interceptions over Ryazan, Rostov, Crimea, Tambov, Volgograd, Oryol, Kaluga, and Kursk.

Neither Ukraine’s nor Russia’s figures have been independently verified.

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