OREANDA-NEWS  Russian air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 238 Ukrainian drones over the Russian regions and the Black Sea during the day, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

"During the day, from 8.00 Moscow time to 20.00 Moscow time, the air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 238 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles," the report says.

It is noted that the drones were shot down over Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk, Orel, Tambov, Ryazan, Kaluga, Voronezh, Lipetsk, Tula, Vladimir, Smolensk, Rostov regions, Moscow region, Crimea and the Black Sea.