MOSCOW, August 17. /TASS/. The euro exchange rate in the Russian interbank market has grown above 98 rubles for the first time since March 20, 2026, according to trading data.

As of 10:45 a.m. Moscow time (7:45 a.m. GMT), the euro exchange rate was up by 1.51% at 98.683 rubles. Meanwhile the dollar exchange rate in the Russian interbank market was up by 1.27% at 84.99 rubles.

Russian air defenses down 822 Ukrainian drones overnight

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Ukrainian drones were intercepted over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Tambov and Tula regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai and the Republic of Crimea, as well as over the Azov and Black Seas

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