Ministry of Defense: two Ukrainian drones were shot down over the Novgorod region

The Russian Ministry of Defense clarified that two drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were shot down over the territories of the Novgorod region. Earlier, the governor of the region, Andrei Nikitin, said that one UAV was shot down.

“Duty air defense systems destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Novgorod region,” the Russian defense department said in a statement on its Telegram channel.

The Russian Ministry of Defense also noted that an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using a UAV on targets on Russian territory was stopped at 15:30.

According to regional authorities, there were no casualties or damage.