The Russian Defense Ministry announced Wednesday that its air force units shot down 54 drones launched by Ukraine during the night hours, targeting five Russian regions. The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that half of the drones were destroyed over the Kursk border region, while the rest were shot down over the Bryansk, Smolensk, Oryol, and Belgorod regions. Ukrainian forces have been carrying out almost daily drone and missile attacks on Russian border regions for several months, including the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Voronezh, and Rostov regions, as well as the Crimean Peninsula. Source: Qatar News Agency