MOSCOW, July 19. /TASS/. More than 160 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russian regions and the Black Sea during the day, the Russian defense ministry said.

"From 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Moscow time (5:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. GMT), Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 161 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Kaluga, Kursk, Tula, Moscow, and Krasnodar Regions, as well as over Crimea and the Black Sea," it said.