Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces shot down 343 Ukrainian drones overnight, in what appeared to be Kyiv's largest ever cross-border aerial attack.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia has issued instructions according to which civilians "in no case should", in particular, "shoot down drones with improvised objects and other means," as well as use "radio equipment and mobile phones and GPS devices near the drone.

The pre-dawn attack came hours before scheduled talks between high-level delegations from Ukraine and the United States in Saudi Arabia.

Several Ukrainian drones were intercepted and destroyed over Moscow and the Moscow region overnight, with some coming as close as two miles away from the Kremlin.

Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 90 loitering munitions on the night of 15-16 March. Ukrainian air defence units have destroyed 47 of them. Source: Ukraine's Air Force Details: The Ukrainian military reported that a further 33 UAVs had disappeared from radar.

On March 14, 2025, in Moscow, Russia, security video captured a Ukrainian drone being shot down near a residential complex. The UAV crashed into an unoccupied building under construction in Yuzhnaya Bitsa,

Russia launched two ballistic missiles and 178 drones at Ukraine during the night of March 15. Air defense shot down most of the drones, according to the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. "On the night of March 15,

Ukraine said Saturday it had downed 130 Russian-launched drones across the country at night, as international efforts to end the three-year war intensify. Also, Russia says it downed 126 Ukrainian drones overnight,

Russian air defences on Friday repelled an attack by four drones flying towards Moscow, with no injuries reported in the capital or in an earlier attack on an oil complex in one of Russia’s southern regions.