MOSCOW, March 18. /TASS/. Russian air defense systems shot down three Ukrainian drones over the Voronezh Region bordering Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"At about 6:50 p.m. Moscow time (3:50 p.m. GMT) on March 18, the Kiev regime’s attempted terrorist attack on facilities in Russia’s territory with the use of a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles was thwarted. A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed over the Voronezh Region," it said.

According to Voronezh Region Governor Alexander Gusev, no one was hurt. "Consequences on the ground are being verified. The drone attack alert says in place," he wrote on his Telegram channel.