MOSCOW, November 26. /TASS/. Russian air defense assets detected and destroyed over the Sea of Azov two Ukrainian S-200 surface-to-air missiles retrofitted to hit ground targets, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"On November 26, at about 11:00 a.m. [08:00 a.m. GMT] the Kiev regime attempted a terrorist attack using S-200 air defense missiles retrofitted to hit ground targets against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation. Russian air defenses detected and destroyed two Ukrainian assets in the air over the Sea of Azov," the ministry informed.

Twenty-four Ukrainian drones were destroyed in total over Russian regions, the ministry said earlier.