Russia destroys 50 Ukrainian drones after a night of false electronic warnings

Later, the agency quoted the governor of the Rostov region as saying that more than 30 drones were destroyed in the city of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky and 6 other districts belonging to the region.

Earlier, "TASS" reported the activation of air defense systems against an attack launched by Ukrainian forces on the Samara region, located about 850 to 1,000 kilometers southeast of Moscow.

On Sunday, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that its forces had intercepted and destroyed 47 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions within 12 hours.

The Russian Ministry of Defense statement read: "During the period from 8:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems destroyed 47 Ukrainian drones over the territories of the Belgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Kursk, Kaluga, Tula, Voronezh, Smolensk, Rostov, and Moscow regions."

On Monday, Russia and Ukraine announced that they had been subjected to a cyberattack that warned residents in both countries of drone or missile attacks.

In Russia, the mobile application used to alert residents of Ukrainian drone attacks was subjected to a "large-scale cyberattack."

The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations stated on "Telegram": "The ministry's application was subjected to a large-scale cyberattack, which allowed the attackers to disseminate false information among the population."

It added: "Work is currently underway to address the security vulnerability in the application and restore its normal operation."

The Russian announcement followed a similar incident in Ukraine, as the air raid alert application sent notifications on Sunday regarding "threats of nuclear or chemical attacks or the outbreak of street clashes," before Kyiv announced that the application had been hacked.

Following the notifications, the Ukrainian Air Force reported that the country's air raid warning system had been hacked late Sunday.