Russian military destroys 19 Ukrainian drones over Crimea, Black Sea, Kursk, Belgorod

Russian anti-aircraft units destroyed 19 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the annexed Crimean peninsula and three more over other parts of Russia, the Defence Ministry said early on Thursday.

"On the night of September 20, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack on facilities on Russian soil with the use of unmanned aerial vehicles was thwarted. Air defense forces destroyed 19 Ukrainian UAVs over the Black Sea and the Republic of Crimes and three more over the Kursk, Belgorod and Oryol regions," the ministry said.