MOSCOW, August 18. /TASS/. Russian air defense forces have destroyed a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over the Belgorod Region, the Defense Ministry reported.

"At about 7:25 a.m. Moscow time [4:25 a.m. GMT] on August 18, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using a fixed-wing UAV against facilities on Russian territory was thwarted. Alert air defense forces shot down a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the Belgorod Region," the ministry said.