MOSCOW, May 17. /TASS/. Russian air defense systems have shot down Flamingo and Neptune-MD long-range missiles, as well as 1,054 Ukrainian drones over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"Air defense systems shot down eight guided aerial bombs, a US-made HIMARS rocket, a Flamingo long-range cruise missile, a Neptune-MD long-range guided missile, and 1,054 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles," the statement reads.

"The Black Sea Fleet destroyed six unmanned boats of the Ukrainian armed forces," the ministry added.