Overview
- Between 23:00 and 07:00 Moscow time on December 28–29, the ministry reported intercepting and destroying 89 fixed-wing UAVs over Russian territory.
- Officials listed 49 drones over Bryansk, 18 over Novgorod, 11 over Adygea, seven over Krasnodar, and one each over the Azov Sea, Oryol, Rostov and Smolensk.
- In a separate update for 07:00–09:00, the ministry said air defenses downed 23 additional fixed-wing drones over Novgorod oblast.
- The statements identified the drones as Ukrainian and provided no independent verification, casualty information or details on launch locations.
- The reports point to sustained cross-border drone activity affecting both frontier areas and regions deeper inside Russia during the conflict.