MOSCOW, August 6 (HS/RIA Novosti) - The Russian air defense forces destroyed 605 Ukrainian UAVs over the country's regions overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

During the past night, from 20:00 Moscow time [17:00] on August 5 of this year to 8:00 Moscow time on August 6 of this year, 605 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted and destroyed by the air defense forces on duty, the ministry said in a statement.

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