The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Saturday the downing of 8 Ukrainian drones in the west of the country. The ministry stated that "Russian defenses shot down 8 Ukrainian drones over the Kursk and Belgorod regions in southwestern Russia." It highlighted that "Ukrainian forces nearly daily target the Russian border areas in the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Voronezh, Rostov regions, and Crimea with drones and missiles."