Russian troops destroy over 10,000 Ukrainian drones – Ministry of Defense
SECURITY: ARMY-DRONES-OPERATION-1
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MOSCOW, December 24th. /TASS/. Russian troops have destroyed over 10,000 Ukrainian army drones since the start of the military conflict, the Defense Ministry said.
“A total of 558 aircraft, 261 helicopters, 10,040 drones, 442 anti-aircraft missile systems, 14,299 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,189 multiple rocket launchers, 7,479 field artillery weapons and mortars, as well as 16,660 units of special tactical vehicles have been destroyed since the start of the special military operation,” the ministry said .
Meanwhile, in the past 24 hours, the Russian army intercepted three HARM missiles, three HIMARS missiles and one Neptune anti-ship missile, as well as shot down four Ukrainian aircraft and 49 Ukrainian army UAVs, the Defense Ministry said. “Air defense systems shot down four Ukrainian aircraft: three Su-27 and one Su-24 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near the settlements of Shirokoye, Odarovka in the Zaporozhye region and Grigorovka in the Dnepropetrovsk region. Three HARM anti-radar missiles, "three HIMARS missiles and one Neptune anti-ship missile were intercepted," the ministry said.
Accordingly, 49 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the area of the settlements Staromikhailovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, Zolotaryovka in the Luhansk People's Republic, Vasilyevka, Golaya Prystan in the Kherson region, as well as Berdyansk, Novogorovka and Mirnoye in the Zaporozhye region.
ТАСС December 24th, 2023, 3:35 p.m. MSK