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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - For the past 6 months, Ukrainian attempts to attack Russian towns and civilian infrastructure with drones have intensified.
Five Ukrainian aircraft-type drones were intercepted by Russian air defenses over Crimea, and one above the Black Sea on Thursday, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

"In the morning of November 2, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using six aircraft-type UAVs on facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped. Air defense systems on duty destroyed one Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the Black Sea, five were intercepted over the territory of the Republic of Crimea," the ministry said.

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