[ColonelCassad] As of July 28, 2026, the Russian Ministry of Defense and Russian media provided the following data on the number of Ukrainian drones downed since the beginning of 2026. General statistics:
According to reports, during the first half of 2026 (January 1 to June 30), air defense forces shot down at least 63,993 fixed-wing UAVs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces over Russian territory.
As of July 7, 2026, this figure had risen to at least 68,515 destroyed drones.
Monthly Breakdown The largest number of drones were shot down in the following months:
June: 17,832
May: 14,195
March: 11,211
April: 9,372
February: 5,989
January: 5,394
Thus, May and June accounted for approximately half of all drones shot down in the first half of the year.
IMPORTANT CLARIFICATIONS DIFFERENT COUNTING METHODS:
It should be noted that other figures are also available in open sources.
For example, Kommersant reported at the end of June that more than 39,000 drones had been shot down since the beginning of the year. This data may reflect a different counting method or may not include all UAV categories.
TOTAL LOSSES SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION:
For context, the total number of drones shot down since the start of the special military operation, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense's statement on July 27, 2026, was 190,438.
By July 28, this figure had risen to 191,280. The exponential increase since April, when a significant influx of drones from Europe began, which the enemy had been relying on this summer, is clearly visible. It's certainly worth noting the monstrous work of our air defense in destroying a simply enormous number of drones.
For a complete picture, it's certainly possible and necessary to run the same query through other neural networks and take some average number, although I believe the order of magnitude is close to reality.