Russian air defenses intercept 2 HIMARS rockets, destroy 42 Ukrainian UAVs in past day
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, a total of 534 aircraft, 254 helicopters, 8,871 UAVs, 441 air defense systems, 13,358 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,183 MLRS combat vehicles, 7,071 field artillery and mortars, as well as 15,207 have been destroyed since the beginning of the Northern Military District. units of enemy special military vehicles
MOSCOW, November 12. /TASS/. Russian air defense forces intercepted two rockets of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and destroyed 42 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Sunday.
"Air defense capabilities intercepted two rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system. In addition, they shot down 42 unmanned aerial vehicles near the settlements of Olshana, Yagodnoye and Liman Perviy in the Kharkov Region, Belogorovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Peski and Andreyevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Novofyodorvka in the Zaporozhye Region and Peschanovka in the Kherson Region," the ministry said in a statement.
In all, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 534 Ukrainian warplanes, 254 helicopters, 8,871 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 surface-to-air missile systems, 13,358 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,183 multiple rocket launchers, 7,071 field artillery guns and mortars and 15,207 special military motor vehicles since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine, the ministry reported.