Russian Defence Ministry claims to have shot down 21 drones overnight

Tuesday, 30 January 2024, 06:59

Russian air defences supposedly destroyed or intercepted 21 UAVs on the night of 29-30 January.

Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency TASS; Russian Defence Ministry

Details: The drones were supposedly intercepted over occupied Crimea and Russia's Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga and Tula oblasts.

Background: 

  • On 30 January, Alexander Bogomaz, Governor of Russia's Bryansk Oblast, claimed that a UAV had been shot down over the oblast.
  • On the morning of 30 January, Mikhail Razvozhayev, Russian-appointed sham "governor of Sevastopol", claimed that air defence forces were responding in Crimea.

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