KURSK, October 21. /TASS/. Air defense crews of Russia’s Battlegroup North shot down 79 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the Kharkov and Sumy Regions overnight that were heading toward Russia’s border areas, the battlegroup told TASS.

"While on combat duty last night, radar station crews of the Battlegroup North detected 79 Ukrainian UAVs heading toward Russia’s border areas. The targets’ coordinates were promptly transmitted to air defense crews stationed in the areas along the enemy UAVs flight path. The air defense crews destroyed all detected Ukrainian drones in a combat operation," the battlegroup reported.