MOSCOW, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- 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 Force, Russia launched 62 drones and nine missiles during the overnight strike on Ukraine. Air defense units shot down 50 drones and four missiles.

Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that the city was targeted by ballistic missiles.

The attack sparked fires in several areas, shattered windows in residential buildings, and damaged a kindergarten in the eastern part of the city, Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kiev City Military Administration, said on social media. ■