On the night of December 8-9, air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 121 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over 13 Russian regions and the Caspian Sea, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

The largest number of UAVs—49—were shot down over the Belgorod Region, 22 over the Republic of Crimea. Another 10 drones were destroyed over the Ryazan Region, and nine over the Voronezh Region. Eight drones were destroyed over the Caspian Sea, five each over the Rostov Region and Kalmykia. Four drones were shot down over the Nizhny Novgorod Region, three over the Lipetsk Region, two over the Kursk Region and the Krasnodar Krai. One drone each was intercepted over the Bryansk and Tula Regions.

No casualties or damage were reported on the ground. Experts note that this was a fairly large-scale UAV attack during a special military operation.