MOSCOW, February 2. /TASS/. Russian troops have destroyed an US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and S-300 launchers of the Ukrainian army launching the Iskander-M tactical missiles on them, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
"An Iskander-M tactical missile crew of the Russian Armed Forces launched a missile attack on Ukrainian S-300 positions near the locality of Volnyansk in the Dnepropetrovsk Region. A radar, a control vehicle, and three missile launchers were struck as a result. Another Iskander-M crew of the Russian Armed Forces delivered a missile attack on Ukraine’s HIMARS positions near the locality of Volodarovka in the Kharkov Region. A HIMARS launcher and roughly 10 Ukrainian servicemen were wiped out in the strike," the ministry said.
Russian air defenses shot down 202 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and four smart bombs over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, the Defense Ministry reported on Monday. "Air defense capabilities shot down four guided aerial bombs, five rockets of US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and 202 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry said in a statement.
Overall, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 670 Ukrainian combat aircraft, 283 helicopters, 111,977 unmanned aerial vehicles, 649 surface-to-air missile systems, 27,445 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,657 multiple rocket launchers, 33,006 field artillery guns and mortars and 53,475 special military motor vehicles since the start of the special military operation, the ministry reported.
