MOSCOW, September 27. /TASS/. Air defense forces intercepted 55 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 27, alert air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 55 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Rostov Regions, the Republic of Crimea and over the Black Sea," the ministry said in a statement.