MOSCOW, July 30. /TASS/. Air defenses downed 59 Ukrainian drones over seven Russian regions in 12 hours on Thursday, Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement.

"On-duty air defenses intercepted and destroyed 59 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Moscow time (5:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. GMT). The drones were shot down over the Belgorod, Kirov, Kursk, Rostov, Udmurt and Perm regions, as well as Crimea," the statement reads.