MOSCOW, August 3. /TASS/. Russian air defense systems shot down two HIMARS projectiles and 274 Ukrainian UAVs in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"Air defense systems shot down 2 US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system projectiles and 274 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles," the report said.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the Russian armed forces have destroyed: 664 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 74,460 unmanned aerial vehicles, 625 anti-aircraft missile systems, 24,432 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,584 multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles, 28,136 field artillery pieces and mortars, 39,069 units of special military vehicles.