MOSCOW, April 26. /TASS/. Air defenses shot down 49 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions and the Black Sea between 7:00 and 9:00 a.m. Moscow time (4:00 and 6:00 a.m. GMT), the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"On April 26, between 7:00 and 9:00 Moscow time, air defense alert systems intercepted and destroyed 49 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over the Belgorod, Vologda, and Yaroslavl regions, the Republic of Crimea, and the Black Sea," the Defense Ministry said.