Russian forces destroyed 400 Ukrainian air defense systems

FLY – Armed forces Russia eliminated about 400 surface-to-air missile systems Ukraine since the beginning of special military operations in Ukraine. This was stated by Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov on Saturday (12/24/2022).

“In total, the following targets have been destroyed since the start of the special military operation: 352 combat aircraft, 192 helicopters, 2,719 unmanned aerial vehicles, 399 surface-to-air missile systems, 7,222 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 936 plus rocket launchers, 3,704 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 7,737 special military motorized vehicles,” the spokesman said, quoted by TASS.

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Russian troops were also reported to have disabled Ukrainian Su-27 fighter jets, along with Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters. “A Russian Air Force fighter jet shot down a Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 in the residential area of ​​Kamyshevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” Konashenkov said.

“Furthermore, Ukrainian Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters were shot down in areas near the settlements of Selidovo and Gruzskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” he continued.

Konashenkov added that Russian air defense capabilities shot down a Ukrainian Air Force Mi-8 helicopter in the Kirovo residential area of ​​the Donetsk People’s Republic.

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Drones flown from Ukraine to attack Russian troops have not escaped the attacks. “Russian air defense systems also intercepted 15 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas near the settlements of Yegorovka, Yelenovka, Kirillovka, Volodino, Artyomovsk and Olginka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Kolomiychikha in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Novaya Zburyevka in the region of Kherson and Pologi in the Zaporozhye region, the general added.

According to him, in recent days Russian troops attacked 53 Ukrainian artillery sites. “Russian rocket and artillery forces attacked the following targets: the command post of the 65th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian army near the settlement of Lezhino and the missile/artillery weapons depot in the residential area of ​​Novosyolovka in the Zaporozhye region, as well as 53 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military materiel in 92 areas,” Konashenkov reported.

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