Russia claims shooting down 7 drones, hot air balloon on Oct. 25

The press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

“Last night, the Kyiv regime's attempts to carry out terrorist attacks using aircraft-type UAVs and a small hot air balloon against targets in the Russian Federation were stopped,” the statement said.

Russian air defense allegedly intercepted and destroyed 3 UAVs over the Sea of Azov, 3 UAVs over the territory of Belgorod region, 1 UAV over the territory of Bryansk region, and one small hot air balloon was reportedly destroyed over the territory of Rostov region.

• The Russian Ministry of Defense said that on the night of October 23, air defense shot down 14 allegedly Ukrainian drones, 10 of them over the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimea.