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Russian air defenses intercept five HIMARS systems

Near the settlements of the Verkhnekamenka 14 Ukrainian drones were destroyed, the Defense Ministry says

MOSCOW, January 8. /TASS/. Russian air defense forces intercepted five HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems and destroyed 14 drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces over the past 24 hours, the Defense Ministry reported.

"In the past 24 hours, air defense capabilities intercepted five HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems. Moreover, 14 Ukrainian drones were destroyed near the settlements of the Verkhnekamenka of the Lugansk People’s Republic, Peski, Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Kamenka-Dneprovskaya, Novoye of the Zaporozhye Region, Radensk and Golaya Pristan of the Kherson Region," the report reads.