Ukrainian servicemen of the ‘Bulava’ Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Unit of the Separate Presidential Brigade prepare for a test fly an FPV drone with an attached portable grenade launcher at their position near a frontline, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia region.
| Photo Credit: STRINGER

“Russia’s air defence units destroyed 18 Ukrainian drones overnight,” the Russian defence ministry said on Monday (October 21, 2024).

Eleven of the drones were downed over the territory of the Rostov region, while the rest were destroyed over the Bryansk, Kursk and Oryol regions, the ministry said on the Telegram messaging app.