MOSCOW, August 27. /TASS/. Air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 26 Ukrainian drones in Russia's regions overnight, the Defense Ministry said.

"During the past night, air defenses intercepted and destroyed 26 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles: 15 over the Rostov Region, four over the Oryol Region, three over the Belgorod Region, two over the Bryansk Region, and two over the Kursk Region," the ministry reported.