MOSCOW, September 24. /TASS/. Air defense forces intercepted 34 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the airspace over various Russian regions within a 12-hour period on Thursday, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.

"From 8:00 a.m. and until 8:00 p.m. Moscow time [from 5:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. GMT] on September 24, alert air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 34 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the Belgorod and Kursk Regions, the Republic of Crimea and over the Black Sea," the ministry said in a statement.