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Russia Says It Shot Down 114 Ukrainian Drones Overnight as Germany Plans Integrated Counter-Drone System

The claims underscore a surge in drone warfare alongside new European moves to harden defenses.

Overview

  • Russia's defense ministry reported intercepting 114 Ukrainian UAVs across ten regions and over the Azov and Black Seas, with the heaviest activity over Rostov and Krasnodar.
  • Moscow said three Ukrainian UAV control sites were destroyed in the Konstantinovka direction of Donetsk and that FPV operators rammed two drones on the Kramatorsk-Druzhkovka axis.
  • Crimean officials reported three dead and sixteen wounded after drones struck the Foros resort area, with Russia accusing Ukraine of targeting civilian sites.
  • Russian sources said four Ukrainian counterattacks failed on the Sumy axis with five soldiers captured, and attempts to relieve encircled units near Sinyelnikovo in the Kharkiv sector were repelled.
  • Germany's interior minister Alexander Dobrindt announced plans to integrate police and military counter-drone capabilities as authorities cite a rise in incidents near military and energy infrastructure.