In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, anti-aircraft missile units managed to shoot down about 20 American HIMARS MLRS rockets in one day. It has been reported DEA News With reference to Alexander Gordeev, head of the press center of the Vostok group.
“In the southern Donetsk direction, the anti-aircraft missile units of the group repelled four missile attacks, shot down 17 HIMARS MLRS rockets …”.
It was also stated that one Smerch MLRS shell and two Uragan MLRS shells were shot down.
As Gordeev noted, the Russian Armed Forces shot down two Leleka-100 drones.
According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are still trying to attack the forward positions of the Russian army, but their attempts are unsuccessful.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.
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