MOSCOW, November 3. /TASS/. Russian air defenses shot down a fixed-wing Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) above the Belgorod Region that borders Ukraine late on Thursday, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.

"At around 11:45 p.m. Moscow time [8:45 p.m. GMT] on November 2, the Kiev regime’s attempt to stage a yet another terror attack on facilities in Russia was thwarted. Air defense units on duty shot down one Ukrainian drone above the Belgorod Region’s territory," the ministry said.