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At least 250 drones destroyed over Russian territory since morning

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · · 107 words
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What to know about At least 250 drones destroyed over Russian territory since morning

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that its air defenses intercepted and destroyed 250 Ukrainian drones across multiple Russian regions and seas between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Moscow time on August 22.

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What happened

Since morning, Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 250 Ukrainian drones over various Russian regions and the waters of the Black and Azov seas, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Why it matters

GMT), on-duty air defenses intercepted and destroyed 250 Ukrainian fixed-wing Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the regions of Arkhangelsk, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kirov, Kursk, Krasnodar, Oryol, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov, Tver, Tula,…

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: Throughout the day, starting from 8:00 a.m. Moscow time and until 8:00 p.m. Moscow time (from 5:00 a.m. GMT until 5:00 p.m. GMT), on-duty air defenses intercepted and destroyed 250 Ukrainian fixed-wing Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles.

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The Russian Defense Ministry reported that its air defenses intercepted and destroyed 250 Ukrainian drones across multiple Russian regions and seas between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Moscow time on August 22.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://tass.com/defense/2176521

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Throughout the day, starting from 8:00 a.m. Moscow time and until 8:00 p.m. Moscow time (from 5:00 a.m. GMT until 5:00 p.m. GMT), on-duty air defenses intercepted and destroyed 250 Ukrainian fixed-wing Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles”
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Multiple sources confirm the specific timeframe and count. 'Defence' explicitly mentions the 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Moscow time window on Saturday for the 250 drones, and 'Военное дело' refers to 285 drones (a similar figure) in the same 08:00 to 20:00 window on a previous day, while the primary TASS report aligns with the 250 count for August 22.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 6 August 2024, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast and clashed with the Russian Armed Forces and Russian border guard. A sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_campaign
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia, situated on the Moskva River in Central Russia. The city has a population estimated at more than 13 million residents within city limits, more than 19…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 August to 31 December 2024.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…
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Claim 2: “intercepted and destroyed 250 Ukrainian fixed-wing Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the regions of Arkhangelsk, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kirov, Kursk, Krasnodar, Oryol, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov, Tver, Tula, Ulyanovsk, the Moscow Region, the Republic of Crimea and the waters of the Black and Azov seas”
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The specific list of regions (Arkhangelsk, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kirov, Kursk, Krasnodar, Oryol, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov, Tver, Tula, Ulyanovsk, Moscow Region, Crimea, and the Black/Azov seas) is explicitly listed in the TASS report and corroborated by the 'Defence' source which mentions the drones were shot down across 19 regions including Moscow.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In Russia, the oblasts are 46 administrative territories; they are one type of federal subject, the highest-level administrative division of Russian territory.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblasts_of_Russia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the night from 31 May to 1 June 2025, during the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war, one bridge in Bryansk Oblast and one in Kursk Oblast, both are Russian regions next to Ukraine, were partially destroye…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Russia_bridge_collapses
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of cities and towns in Russia and parts of the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine with a population of over 50,000 as of the 2021 census. The figures are for the population within …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Ru…
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Claim 3: “Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 250 Ukrainian drones over various Russian regions and the waters of the Black and Azov seas”
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The claim that Russian air defenses destroyed 250 Ukrainian drones over various regions and the Black/Azov seas on August 22 is reported by TASS and corroborated by another news source (Defence) which mentions the 250 drones shot down within 12 hours on Saturday (August 22).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There have been attacks in mainland Russia as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian war since its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The main targets have been the military, the arms industry and the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_in_Russia_during_the_R…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…
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