The Russian army said on Wednesday that it had shot down 47 Ukrainian drones overnight, nearly half of them over the Bryansk border region. “Air defenses intercepted and destroyed 47 Ukrainian drones,” 24 of them over the Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. Around 13 drones were destroyed over the Azov Sea and the rest over regions either bordering or near Ukraine, it said. Russia reports shooting down Ukrainian drones over its territory on a near-daily basis. Kyiv says it is carrying out the strikes, which often target energy sites, in response to …