MOSCOW, June 26. /TASS/. A Russian Pantsyr-S air defense system shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 ground attack plane and 12 Grad rockets over Snake Island in the Black Sea, with no casualties reported among the island’s garrison, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Sunday.
"The enemy made yet another unsuccessful attempt to deliver strikes by aircraft and multiple launch rocket systems against Snake Island. A Pantsyr-S anti-aircraft missile/gun system thwarted the attack, shooting down a Su-25 plane of the Ukrainian Air Force and 12 rockets. There are no casualties among the garrison’s personnel and no destruction," the spokesman said.
The Russian air defense forces also eliminated eight Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and 19 rockets, including shells over Snake Island, Konashenkov reported.
"Russian air defense capabilities eliminated eight Ukrainian UAVs near the settlements of Varvarovka and Rai-Aleksandrovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Belyayevka in the Kherson Region, Malaya Kamyshevakha and Maliye Prokhody in the Kharkov Region," the spokesman said.
The Russian air defense systems also shot down 19 shells of multiple launch rocket systems near the communities of Suligovka, Glinskoye and Sukhaya Kamenka in the Kharkov Region, Makeyevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic and over Snake Island, the general said.
The Pantsyr is a Russian ground-based self-propelled surface-to-air missile/gun system designated to shield military and civilian facilities, including long-range air defense systems, from all existing and future air attack weapons.