MOSCOW, March 23. /TASS/. Russian air defense systems have shot down eight Ukrainian guided aircraft bombs and 526 enemy fixed-wing drones over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"Air defense systems shot down eight guided aircraft bombs and 526 fixed-wing drones," the ministry said.

According to the ministry data, during the entire period of the special military operation, the Russian military have destroyed 671 aircraft, 284 helicopters, 126,663 unmanned aerial vehicles, 652 anti-aircraft missile systems, 28,430 tanks and other combat armored vehicles, 1,691 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 34,020 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 57,546 special tactical wheeled vehicles of the enemy.

Ukrainian forces shell DPR settlements four times over past day

Ukrainian forces shelled populated areas of the Donetsk People’s Republic four times over the past day, leaving one person injured, the DPR head’s administration department for documenting Ukrainian war crimes reported.