MOSCOW, August 11. /TASS/. More than 40 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russian regions and the Sea of Azov 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 42 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over Crimea, the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, and Orenburg Regions, and the Sea of Azov," it said.