MOSCOW, August 26. /TASS/. Russian air defenses have shot down a Ukrainian drone over the Belgorod Region, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

"The Kiev regime’s attempt to hit Russian facilities with an aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicle was thwarted at about 9:00 a.m. Moscow time on August 26. On-duty air defenses destroyed the drone over the Shebekino District of the Belgorod Region," the statement reads.