MOSCOW, January 4. /TASS/. Russian air defenses have destroyed a Ukrainian drone over the northwestern Black Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"On January 4 at about 8:40 p.m. Moscow time (5:40 p.m. GMT), an attempt of the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack against facilities in the Russian Federation, using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), was thwarted. The on-duty air defense units destroyed the Ukrainian UAV over the northwestern part of the Black Sea," the ministry said.