MOSCOW, May 7. /TASS/. Servicemen of the Center battlegroup destroyed three Ukrainian drones using Verba man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS), battlegroup spokesman Alexander Savchuk told TASS on Sunday.

"Crews of Verba man-portable air defense systems destroyed three unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian armed forces," Savchuk said.

Artillery units at the Krasny Liman area delivered fire damage against manpower concentration areas and weapons of the enemy, the spokesman noted. "Artillery units of the nationalists were detected and suppressed during counter-battery activities," the officer added.