MOSCOW, October 31. /TASS/. A Ukrainian drone has been shot down by Russian air defense systems over the Bryansk Region bordering Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

"At about 4:00 p.m. Moscow time (1:00 GMT) on October 31, the Kiev regime’s attempted terrorist attack on facilities in Russia’s territory with the use of a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle was thwarted. The Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down by air defense systems over the Bryansk Region," it said.

The ministry reported earlier that two drones had been intercepted over the Belgorod Region.