MOSCOW, August 31. /TASS/. Air defenses shot down 21 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions last night, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

"On-duty air defenses intercepted and destroyed 21 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles last night. Eleven drones were shot down over the Volgograd Region, eight over the Rostov Region, one over the Belgorod Region and another one over the Bryansk Region," the statement regards.