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Russian air defense systems destroy six Ukrainian drones

According to official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov, they were destroyed in the Donetsk People's Republic, Golikovo, Kuzmino, Rubezhne, Zhitlovka in the Lugansk People's Republic, and the city of Kherson

MOSCOW, February 19. /TASS/. Russian air defense systems destroyed six Ukrainian drones over the past day, official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov told reporters on Sunday.

"Six Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in a single day by air defense systems in the settlements of Berestovoe in the Donetsk People's Republic, Golikovo, Kuzmino, Rubezhne, Zhitlovka in the Lugansk People's Republic, and the city of Kherson," he said.

The Russian Armed Forces also hit the deployment point of the 383rd regiment of unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Khmelnitsky region and an artillery ammunition depot near the Grechany railway station with strikes from long-range precision missiles, Konashenkov said.

According to Konashenkov, the Russian forces destroyed 385 aircraft, 208 helicopters, 3,132 unmanned aerial vehicles, 404 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,875 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,020 multiple rocket launcher combat vehicles, 4,101 field artillery and mortars, as well as 8,388 special military vehicles since the beginning of the special military operation.