MOSCOW, August 9. /TASS/. More than 280 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russian regions during the day, the Russian defense ministry said.

"From 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Moscow time (5:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. GMT), Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 285 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over Crimea, the Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk, Tula, Lipetsk, Ryazan, Oryol, Kaluga, and Moscow Regions, and the Republic of Bashkortostan," it said.