The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Wednesday that its forces shot down 31 drones launched by the Ukrainian military over the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions overnight.

The ministry also said that it stopped an attempt by Ukrainian troops to reach Cape Tarkhankut in Crimea from the Black Sea.

Separately, Russia's Bryansk governor Alexander Bogomaz said that four districts in the region he governs were hit by cluster munitions fired by Ukrainian "terrorists."