Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of drone attacks. Both claim to have shot down dozens of aerial devices overnight

Ukraine and Russia reported new drone attacks between Friday and Saturday night, Reuters reports. The Kiev Air Force claims to have shot down 51 Russian drones, while the Russian Defense Ministry says it intercepted 49 devices launched by the Ukrainian military on the territory of the Russian Federation, according to Agerpres.

Ukraine shot down 51 Russian drones in the night according to its own statements. According to the German Reservist Association, the Bundeswehr needs about one million reservists to defend the country.

On April 6, 2025, the air defense system operates on Russian drones in the Kiev region. ᐅ TSN.ua (news 1+1)

"Last night, air defence systems in service destroyed and intercepted 49 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles," the Russian Ministry of Defence reported in a message shared on Telegram early in the morning.

Ukraine's air defense says it shot down 51 of 92 Russian drones overnight into Saturday. The military also announced that another 31 drones were lost. This is how the army describes missiles that are diverted or jammed using electronic warfare. Damage from the renewed attacks from Russia was reported in the Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Sumy, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

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Ukraine’s air defences shot down 51 out of 92 drones launched by Russia in overnight attacks in eastern Europe country on Saturday, the Ukrainian air force said. It said in a statement that 31 other Russian drones were “lost”, a reference to the military using electronic warfare to intercept or block them. Damage was recorded in the Kyiv,  Zhytomyr, Sumy, and Dnipropetrovsk regions, it said. Russia An industrial facility in Russia’s Volga river …