Vadim Astafiev, head of the press center of the southern group of troops, said that electronic warfare (EW) and air defense (air defense) troops shot down 15 UAVs belonging to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported by TASS.
“16 Ukrainian UAVs were shot down by air defense and electronic warfare systems in the area of Novomikhailovka and Mayorsk settlements of the Donetsk People’s Republic,” Astafiev said.
Before that, the Ministry of Defense of Russia reportedair defense systems and aviation shot down 20 aircraft guided missiles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in a week.
January 19 at the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation statedHe announced that Russian air defense systems shot down 274 unmanned aerial vehicles belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces last week. In the statement, it was stated that the Aerospace Forces aviation and air defense systems shot down 274 missiles, as well as six Tochka-U missiles, one JDAM guided bomb, 11 Vilkha multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) projectiles, 62 HIMARS and Uragan MLRS projectiles during the week. flying eye
Previously to Ukraine reached Javelin anti-tank missiles.