MOSCOW, October 18. /TASS/. More than 40 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russian regions 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 41 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol, and Pskov Regions," it said.