MOSCOW, October 17. /TASS/. Russian air defenses took down 30 Ukrainian drones over various Russian regions in daytime on Saturday, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"In daytime, between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Moscow time (5:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. GMT), on-duty air defenses destroyed 30 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over the regions of Belgorod, Bryansk, Vologda, Kursk, Oryol and Krasnodar, as well as over Black Sea waters," the ministry said.