MOSCOW, November 21. /TASS/. Russian air defense forces shot down a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the western Kursk Region, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday.

"At about 12:30 a.m. on November 21 [9:30 p.m. GMT on November 20], an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack with an aircraft-type drone against facilities on Russian territory was thwarted," the ministry said in a statement.

The Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed by alert air defense forces over the Kursk Region, it said.