MOSCOW, August 16. /TASS/. More than 70 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russian regions, the Black and Azov Seas 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 72 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over Crimea, the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk Regions, and the Black and Azov Seas," it said.

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