Russian military says it shot down five Ukrainian drones overnight

Russia's defence ministry said on Friday that its air defence forces had thwarted what it described as a series of attempted overnight "terrorist attacks" by Ukrainian drones on targets inside Russia.

It said in a statement that four Ukrainian drones had been destroyed over Russia's Rostov region and one over Russia's Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine.

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