Sep 6, 2023, 6:00 PM

Russia intercepts 12 HIMARS & Uragan rockets, downs 17 UAVs

Russia intercepts 12 HIMARS & Uragan rockets, downs 17 UAVs

TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) – Russian air defense forces intercepted 12 rockets of the HIMARS and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems and shot down 17 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

"During the last 24-hour period, air defense capabilities intercepted 12 rockets of the HIMARS and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems," the statement said, according to TASS.

Additionally, radio-electronic warfare systems jammed and eliminated 17 Ukrainian drones near Makiivka, Novonikolskoye, Melovatka in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Berestovoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Pshenichnoye, Semenovka in the Zaporizhzhia Region, Olshana in the Kharkiv Region and Krynki in the Kherson Region.

In all, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 467 Ukrainian warplanes, 248 combat helicopters, 6,426 unmanned aerial vehicles, 435 surface-to-air missile systems, 11,696 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,148 multiple rocket launchers, 6,253 field artillery guns and mortars and 12,749 special military motor vehicles since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine.

MNA/PR

News ID 205714

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    • JEFF US 06:29 - 2023/09/07
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      Good job by Russian.