MOSCOW, October 3. /TASS/. Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 218 Ukrainian UAVs over Russian regions and the Sea of Azov and Black Sea overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"Between 8 p.m. Moscow time on October 2 and 8 a.m. Moscow time on October 3 (5 p.m. - 5 a.m. GMT - TASS), alert air defenses intercepted and destroyed 218 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over the Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tula, Moscow, and Krasnodar regions, as well as over Crimea and the waters of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea," the ministry said.