DONETSK, March 15. /TASS/. A Ukrainian drone rigged with explosives has been intercepted near a polling station in the settlement of Troitsko-Khartsyzsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the region’s defense task force said.

"An enemy drone rigged with improvised explosive devices was intercepted near one of the polling stations in the village of Troitsko-Khartsyzsk," the task force said on Telegram.

It said staff from the Russian Federal Security Service's office for the DPR destroyed the explosive devices with in a controlled detonation.

A total of 44 Ukrainian drones were suppressed over the region over the past day.