Russia says it downs 50 Ukrainian drones overnight

Reuters - Russia's air defense units destroyed 50 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian defense ministry said on Thursday.

Nearly half of the drones were downed over the Kursk region on the border with Ukraine, the defense ministry said on the Telegram messaging app. The rest were destroyed over several Russian regions, including three over the Moscow region, the ministry added.

(Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Warsaw; Editing by Himani Sarkar)