MOSCOW, November 16. /TASS/. Air defense forces destroyed 34 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over five Russian regions at night, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Saturday.

"Over the past night, attempts by the Kiev regime to carry out terrorist attacks with fixed-wing UAVs against facilities on Russian territory were foiled. Alert air defense forces destroyed 34 Ukrainian UAVs: 20 over the Kursk Region, 11 over the Bryansk Region, one UAV over the Republic of Crimea, one UAV over the Belgorod Region and one UAV over the Kaluga Region," the ministry said in a statement.