MOSCOW, September 18. /TASS/. The number of external threats to Russia continues to grow as NATO grows, President Vladimir Putin told a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission.

"As we know, these [external] threats are not lessening. NATO is growing, expanding, and already entering other regions of the world. Some European leaders are openly stating that they are preparing for war with Russia," he said.

Air defenses down 344 Ukrainian drones over Russia overnight — top brass

On-duty air defenses intercepted and destroyed 344 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over the past night over the Leningrad, Novgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Belgorod, Oryol, Kaluga, Tula, Ryazan, Lipetsk, Vladimir, Rostov, Krasnodar, Moscow Regions, the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, the Republic of Dagestan and over the Black Sea

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