MOSCOW, September 1. /TASS/. Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian drone over the Kursk Region bordering Ukraine, the Russian defense ministry said.

"At about 3:00 p.m. Moscow time (noon GMT) on September 1, 2024, another Kiev regime’s attempted terrorist attacks on facilities in Russia’s territory with the use of fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles was thwarted. A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed over the Kursk Region," it said.