OREANDA-NEWS  Air defense systems shot down six Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of Crimea from 17.00 Moscow time to 20.00 Moscow time, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

"On December 2 of this year, in the period from 17.00 Moscow time to 20.00 Moscow time, six Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of an airplane type were intercepted and destroyed over the territory of the Republic of Crimea," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.