On the evening of the 9th the Russian Defense Ministry said Moscow time between
0800 and 2000 its air-defence forces intercepted and shot down 285 Ukrainian
drones over multiple western regions, including Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk and the
Moscow region. The ministry said Russian forces also struck a thermal power
plant and seven substations inside Ukraine and used drones to hit gas-field
infrastructure in Sumy region.