MOSCOW, October 29. /TASS/. The Russian armed forces have destroyed more than 13,000 Ukrainian tanks and other armored combat vehicles since the beginning of the special military operation, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

"A total of 517 aircraft, 253 helicopters, 8,392 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 anti-aircraft missile systems, 13,006 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,170 multiple rocket launchers, 6,902 field artillery and mortar guns, as well as 14,760 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed since the beginning of the special military operation," the statement said.