Multiple hostile aircraft were downed over the Black Sea and in Moscow Region, according to the Russian military Two unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed en route to Moscow in the early hours of Sunday, while at least half a dozen attempted to strike targets in the Crimean Peninsula, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The bloc’s plans in the far North will upset the regional balance, a top Russian ambassador has said NATO military expansion in the Arctic undermines regional security and warrants countermeasures from Russia, according to a senior Foreign Ministry official.

The Ukrainian leader’s participation at the General Assembly will be another pointless show, Russian envoy Vassily Nebenzia says Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will attend a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine at the General Assembly next week, the Russian ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, has said.