MOSCOW. Aug 17 (Interfax) - A Ukrainian attack drone has been shot down over the Belgorod region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
"An attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack with an aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicle on sites in the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted at around 9:00 a.m. today," the ministry said.
"Air defenses detected the Ukrainian attack drone and destroyed it over the territory of the Belgorod region," it said.
There are no casualties or destruction as a result of the prevented terrorist attack, the ministry said.