MOSCOW - Russia's air defenses shot down 112 Ukrainian drones overnight, including 24 over the Moscow region, the defense ministry said Friday.

"Starting from 8 pm Moscow time (1700 GMT) on May 22, on-duty air defenses intercepted and destroyed 112 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over Russian regions," the Defense Ministry said.

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Those drones included 24 shot down over the Moscow region, 22 over Crimea, 18 over Tula, and 11 over Kursk, according to the ministry.

In Yelets, a city in the Lipetsk region, drone debris fell in an industrial area, causing a fire. Eight people were injured as a result, the regional governor said.