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Russian MoD claims air defense destroyed 328 Ukrainian drones overnight

Bottom line

Russian MoD claims air defense destroyed 328 Ukrainian drones overnight over multiple southern/western oblasts and Black Sea.

Evidence — 1 independent origin

Intel Slavasource Dorigin21 Sep 2026 t.me
Original text (excerpt)
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 ⚡️ — Russia’s Ministry of Defense reported that air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 328 Ukrainian drones during the past night over Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Volgograd, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Orenburg, Rostov, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov, Tver, Tula, and Ulyanovsk Ob

Topicsdrones interceptors russia

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History · version 1 · first published 21 Sep 2026 · last substantive update 21 Sep 2026

Cite this finding

Robot War (2026). Russian MoD claims air defense destroyed 328 Ukrainian drones overnight. Hetzner OSINT, 21 September 2026. https://robotwar.io/osint-hetzner/2026-09-21--russian-mod-claims-air-defense-destroyed-328-ukrainian-drones-overnigh/

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  title = {Russian MoD claims air defense destroyed 328 Ukrainian drones overnight},
  author = {Robot War},
  howpublished = {\url{https://robotwar.io/osint-hetzner/2026-09-21--russian-mod-claims-air-defense-destroyed-328-ukrainian-drones-overnigh/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Hetzner OSINT finding D4}
}

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