The Russian air defense has intercepted and destroyed 158 Ukrainian drones across multiple regions over the past night, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement Sunday.

Nine of the downed drones targeted Moscow and the Moscow region, the statement said, adding that 46 drones were destroyed over the Kursk region, 34 over Bryansk, 28 over Voronezh and 14 over Belgorod. Several more were downed over nine other Russian regions.

The downed drones have resulted in a fire in a Moscow refinery and at a power plant in the Tver region neighboring Moscow, local officials said.

The authorities further said the fire in both regions had been contained, and no injuries were reported.

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