Russia has claimed that 45 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles attacked its territory and were intercepted or destroyed on the night of 18-19 October.

Source: Russian Ministry of Defence

Details: According to the Russian forces, all 45 drones were shot down, but as usual, they did not report whether any hits occurred.

In particular, 12 drones were downed over Samara Oblast, 11 over Saratov Oblast, 5 each over Rostov and Voronezh oblasts, 2 over each of Bryansk and Lipetsk oblasts, and 1 over each of Volgograd, Orenburg, Ryazan, Tver and Tula oblasts.

Three drones were also supposedly shot down over occupied Crimea.

Background: Yevgeny Solntsev, Governor of Orenburg Oblast in Russia, previously reported a drone attack on a gas plant which caused a fire.

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