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Russia claims to have shot down 7 British Storm Shadow missiles

Russian air defenses shot down 77 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory overnight, Moscow said

Снимка: БГНЕС/ EPA

The Russian Defense Ministry announced today that in a week its forces had shot down 7 British Storm Shadow missiles fired by Ukrainian troops, Reuters and TASS reported, quoted by BTA.

"The air defenses shot down 7 British Storm Shadow cruise missiles, 21 guided bombs, 8 HYMARS multiple launch rocket systems, a long-range Neptune guided missile, 4 jet drones and 1,350 aircraft-type drones," the statement said. the Russian Defense Ministry's report.

In addition, Russian troops have captured the village of Kosivtseve in Zaporizhzhia region, eastern Ukraine, according to the same source.

Russian air defense shot down 77 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory last night, the Defense Ministry in Moscow reported, quoted by TASS.

"Over the past night, air defense assets on duty intercepted and destroyed 77 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles", the ministry said in a statement.

Most of the Ukrainian forces' drones - 34 - were neutralized over the territory of the Volgograd region, and 23 - over the Rostov region, the ministry specified.

Three unmanned aerial vehicles were liquidated over the capital Moscow region.