MOSCOW, October 9 Russian air defense systems destroyed 14 Ukrainian drones over the past 24 hours and intercepted a HIMARS projectile, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
«Air defense intercepted a HIMARS multiple launch rocket system. In addition, fourteen unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed,» the Russian military department said in a statement.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 487 aircraft, 250 helicopters, 7,649 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 anti-aircraft missile systems, 12,425 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,161 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 6,692 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 13,949 units of special military vehicles.