Russian air defense forces shot down roughly 120 Ukrainian drones overnight, Russia's Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

"During the past night from 20:00 (1700 GMT) on August 9 to 06:10 Moscow time (0310 GMT) on August 10, air defense duty forces destroyed and intercepted 121 fixed-wing Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry added that over 34 drones were downed on Sunday from 8:30 a.m. (0530 GMT) to 3 p.m. (1200 GMT), including one over the territory of the Moscow Region.

One person was killed due to falling drone debris in the Saratov Region, the region's governor said on Telegram.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Sunday that Russia launched an attack overnight using 100 combat and decoy drones, with air defense systems shooting down 70 of them.