MOSCOW, September 26. /TASS/. Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 645 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions, and the waters of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"On-duty air defense capabilities intercepted and destroyed 645 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of the Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Tula, Moscow, Krasnodar, Stavropol Regions, the Republic of Crimea, and the waters of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov overnight," the report said.