MOSCOW, September 23. /TASS/. Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 35 Ukrainian UAVs over Russian regions and the Black Sea during the day, the Defense Ministry said.

"From 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Moscow time (5 a.m. - 5 p.m. GMT - TASS), alert air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 35 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol, and Krasnodar regions, as well as the republics of Bashkortostan and Crimea, and the Black Sea," the ministry said.