MOSCOW, August 19. /TASS/. Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 23 Ukrainian drones during the night over the Volgograd and Rostov Regions, as well as Crimea, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The roof of one hospital building in Volgograd caught fire due to falling drone debris, Regional Governor Andrey Bocharov said.

TASS has gathered the key facts about the incident.

- A mass attack by Ukrainian drones was thwarted in the Volgograd Region.

- Falling debris from a drone caused a fire on the roof of a building at Hospital №16, Bocharov noted.