MOSCOW, April 12 Russian aviation and air defense systems over the past week (from April 6 to April 12) shot down 1,712 Ukrainian drones, 25 MLRS shells, 12 aerial bombs and a Neptune missile, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Friday.
«»In the past week, aviation and air defense systems have shot down: the Neptune anti-ship missile, 12 Hammer aircraft guided bombs made in France and JDAM made in the USA, 25 rockets from the HIMARS and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems, as well as 1,712 unmanned aerial vehicles devices,» the message says.
In total, since the beginning of the special operation, 583 Ukrainian military aircraft, 270 helicopters, 20,604 unmanned aerial vehicles, 500 anti-aircraft missile systems, 15,761 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,266 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 8,836 field artillery pieces and mortars have been destroyed , as well as 20,910 units of special military vehicles.