ST. PETERSBURG, October 18. /TASS/. Russian air defense forces have shot down 95 drones over the Leningrad Region, Governor Alexander Drozdenko reported on Friday on his Telegram channel.

"The response to a large-scale drone attack is ongoing. As of now, 95 enemy UAVs have been shot down over the Leningrad Region. Debris has fallen on a private house near the town of Kirovsk and on an apartment building in Vsevolozhsk," Drozdenko wrote.

The governor also reported power outages caused by drone debris hitting power lines.