MOSCOW, Dec. 9 — Russian air defenses downed a guided bomb, 13 HIMARS rockets, and 280 Ukrainian drones, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday.
The Russian aerospace forces shot down a Ukrainian air force Su-27 aircraft, the ministry added.
Since the start of the special military operation, Russia has destroyed 669 aircraft, 283 helicopters and 101,411 drones, according to the ministry.
In total, it said, 639 surface-to-air missile systems, 26,467 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,627 multiple rocket launchers, 31,815 field artillery pieces and mortars, and 48,692 special military vehicles have been destroyed. (Namibia Daily News/Xinhua)
