Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov said at the final board meeting of the ministry that Russian air defence forces shot down 215 ATACMS and 1,629 HIMARS missiles this year alone.
As the head of the agency pointed out, in general, the air defence means during the SES showed high efficiency.
‘This year alone, 86 Storm Shadow and SCALP cruise missiles, 215 ATACMS ballistic missiles, 1,629 HIMARS rockets, more than 27,000 unmanned aerial vehicles of aircraft type were shot down,’ he said.
Earlier Belousov said that this year the supply of tanks to the troops has increased seven times, drones – 23 times.