MOSCOW, November 8. /TASS/. Russian air defense forces shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 ground attack aircraft and intercepted 17 HIMARS and Olkha rockets in the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Tuesday.

"Air defense capabilities shot down a Su-25 plane of the Ukrainian Air Force in the area of the settlement of Ugledar in the Donetsk People’s Republic. In addition, they intercepted 17 rockets of HIMARS and Olkha multiple launch rocket systems in the areas of the settlements of Gruzsko-Lomovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Antonovka, Chernobayevka, Krynki and Maslovka in the Kherson Region," the spokesman said.

In the past 24 hours, Russian air defense capabilities "destroyed seven Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the communities of Novokrasnyanka and Glotovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Novosyolovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Lotskino in the Nikolayev Region, Kachkarovka and Stepovoye in the Kherson Region," the general said.

Russian forces repelled an attack by a Ukrainian motorized infantry battalion in the Kupyansk area, killing and wounding over 160 militants in the past day, Konashenkov reported.

"In the Kupyansk direction, an attack by a Ukrainian motorized infantry battalion reinforced by tanks was repelled in the area of the settlement of Kuzyomovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic as a result of active operations by Russian troops and artillery fire," the spokesman said.

Russian army aviation aircraft struck two Ukrainian company tactical groups advancing for an attack in the area of the settlements of Berestovoye in the Kharkov Region and Novosyolovskoye in the Lugansk People’s Republic, the general said.

"The Ukrainian military’s total losses in the Kupyansk direction in the past 24 hours amounted to over 160 servicemen killed and wounded, two tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles and two motor vehicles," Konashenkov reported.

Russian troops thwarted a Ukrainian army attempt to advance in the Krasny Liman area, eliminating over 100 militants and three tanks, the spokesman said.

"In the Krasny Liman direction, an attempt by two Ukrainian battalion tactical groups to advance towards the settlements of Ploshchanka and Chervonopopovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic was thwarted as a result of a preemptive strike by firepower," he said.

The strikes by Russian army aviation aircraft and artillery destroyed over 100 Ukrainian troops, three tanks, five combat armored vehicles, one MT-LB light armored multi-purpose transporter-prime mover, two pickup trucks and two motor vehicles, the general specified.

Russian troops thwarted nine attempts by Ukrainian subversive/reconnaissance groups to infiltrate in the Nikolayev-Krivoi Rog area in the past day, Konashenkov reported.

"In the Nikolayev-Krivoi Rog direction, Russian units thwarted nine attempts by Ukrainian subversive/reconnaissance groups to penetrate into rear areas of defense in the past day," the spokesman said.

During the battles, Russian troops eliminated over 50 Ukrainian soldiers and Neo-Nazis, seven combat armored vehicles and ten motor vehicles, the general specified.

Russian forces halted and dispersed Ukrainian troops attempting to slow down Russia’s advance in the southern Donetsk area, Konashenkov reported.

"In the southern Donetsk area, the enemy made two unsuccessful attempts to counter-attack in the areas of the settlements of Novomikhailovka and Pavlovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, seeking to slow down the Russian troop advance. As a result of damage inflicted by firepower, the Ukrainian units were halted and dispersed," the spokesman said.

During the combat, Russian forces eliminated about 90 Ukrainian troops, five combat armored vehicles, one MT-LB armored transporter and two pickup trucks, the general specified.

Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Mi-24 attack helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force in the Kherson Region in the past day, Konashenkov reported.

"Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Mi-24 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force near the settlement of Novovoskresenskoye in the Kherson Region," the spokesman said.

Russian combat aircraft, missile and artillery troops obliterated four Ukrainian army command posts in the past day, Konashenkov reported.

"Operational-tactical and army aviation aircraft, missile troops and artillery wiped out four Ukrainian army command posts in the areas of the communities of Krasny Liman and Terny in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Kruglyakovka and Cherneshchina in the Kharkov Region, and also 64 artillery units at firing positions, manpower and military hardware in 192 areas," the spokesman said.

Russian troops wiped out three Ukrainian artillery platoons in the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Kherson Region in the past day, Konashenkov reported.

"In the counter-battery warfare, the following targets were destroyed: three Ukrainian artillery platoons in the areas of the settlements of Antonovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Chervonoye and Belyayevka in the Kherson Region," the spokesman said.

Russian troops obliterated a US-made AN/TPQ-64 counter-battery radar in the Kharkov Region in the past day, Konashenkov reported.

"In the area of the settlement of Ivanovka in the Kharkov Region, an AN/TPQ-64 counter-battery radar of US manufacture was destroyed," the spokesman said.

Also, in the area of the community of Pervomaiskoye in the Nikolayev Region, Russian troops eliminated a radar of a Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system. In the area of the community of Visunsk in the Nikolayev Region, Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian Buk-M1 surface-to-air missile system, the general added.

Russian forces destroyed three Ukrainian army ammunition depots and a fuel base in the past day, Konashenkov reported.

"Three ammunition and missile/artillery armament depots were obliterated in the areas of the settlements of Kushchovoye in the Zaporozhye Region, Nevskoye in the Lugansk People’s Republic and Vysokopolye in the Kherson Region, and also a depot of fuel for the Ukrainian military hardware in the area of the settlement of Lychkovo in the Dnepropetrovsk Region," the spokesman said.

In all, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 332 Ukrainian combat aircraft, 171 helicopters, 2,465 unmanned aerial vehicles, 388 surface-to-air missile systems, 6,448 tanks and other combat armored vehicles, 884 multiple rocket launchers, 3,563 field artillery guns and mortars and 7,127 special military motor vehicles since the beginning of their special military operation in Ukraine, Konashenkov reported.