MOSCOW, Oct. 25 -- Russian air defense systems shot down 281 Ukrainian drones during the past day, including nine over the Moscow region, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday.

"Two guided aerial bombs and 281 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been shot down by air defense systems," the ministry said in a statement.

The defense ministry said Friday that Russian air defense systems have shot down 1,441 Ukrainian UAVs over the past week.

Air defense systems have downed a Ukrainian Su-27 aircraft, four cruise missiles, 18 guided aerial bombs, 15 rocket projectiles of the U.S.-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, as well as 1,441 fixed-wing UAVs, the ministry said in a statement.

According to the Ukrainian Air For...