Russia downs 203 Ukrainian drones overnight

Russian air defenses shot down 203 Ukrainian drones overnight over Russian territory and the Black Sea.

Russia downs 203 Ukrainian drones overnight
7 August, 2026   13:03
 NEWS DESK

The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Friday that air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 203 Ukrainian drones between 8 p.m. Moscow time on August 6 and 8 a.m. on August 7.

The ministry said the drones were downed over several Russian regions, including Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov, Ryazan, Saratov, Sverdlovsk and Tula, as well as Krasnodar and Perm Krais, the Crimean Peninsula, and the republics of Tatarstan and Bashkortostan, in addition to the Black Sea.

On the same context, Sverdlovsk Region Governor Denis Pasler said that 3 Ukrainian drones landed on the roof of a logistics facility belonging to Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries in the Ural city of Yekaterinburg.