Russia Says Downed More Than 200 Ukrainian Drones

File photo of a Ukrainian FPV taken during a training flight in an undisclosed location, in eastern Ukraine on August 12, 2025. Genya Savilov, AFP

Russian forces downed more than 200 Ukrainian drones overnight, Moscow's defense ministry said Friday.

"During the past night, air-defense assets intercepted and destroyed 216 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry wrote on Telegram, including 66 over Krasnodar Krai and 45 over Saratov in southern Russia, reported AFP.