According to Ukrinform, the Russian Ministry of Defence and the governor of the Bryansk region of Russia, Alexander Bogomaz, announced the attack in a Telegram message.
"On 26 July, between 21:00 and 23:40, during an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out terrorist attacks using aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles against targets in the Russian Federation, twenty-one UAVs were destroyed and intercepted by regular air defence systems over the territory of the Briansk region," the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.
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As Ukrinform previously reported, drones of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine struck the Tuapse oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai.
