Russian air defence shoots down 18 Ukrainian drones and one Storm Shadow

Defense Ministry: Russian air defense forces shot down 18 Ukrainian drones and one Storm Shadow overnight

Russian air defence systems shot down 18 Ukrainian drones, a Storm Shadow missile and two HIMARS MLRS shells in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defence Ministry’s press service said on Sunday.

“The anti-aircraft defenses intercepted a Storm Shadow long-range cruise missile and two HIMARS multiple-launch rockets during the day,” the report reads.

In addition, Russian air defence destroyed 18 Ukrainian drones in the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions during the day.

A total of 444 Ukrainian military aircraft, 239 helicopters, 4,686 unmanned aerial vehicles, 426 surface-to-air missile systems, 1,056 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1,125 multiple rocket launchers, 5,149 field artillery guns and mortars, and 1,028 pieces of special military vehicles have been destroyed since the start of the special operation.

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