MOSCOW, November 19. /TASS/. Russian air defense systems intercepted two projectiles from the HIMARS and Vilkha systems and destroyed 31 Ukrainian drones in 24 hours, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

"Air defense systems intercepted two missiles from the HIMARS and Vilkha multiple launch rocket systems. In addition, 31 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down in the areas of the settlements Peski, Yakovlevka, Spornoye, Olginka, Dolomitnoye, Verkhnetoretskoye, Marinka of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Zolotarevka, Belogorovka of the Lugansk People's Republic, Novaya Kakhovka, Proletarka of the Kherson region and Kamenka-Dneprovskaya of the Zaporozhye region," the ministry said.