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Moscow, SANA- Russian Air defense systems have shot down 42 Ukrainian drones, four HIMARS missiles, and one Hammer aerial bomb over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

“Air defense systems shot down four US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets, one French-made Hammer guided aerial bomb, and 42 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles,” the report said.

The ministry noted that since the beginning of the special military operation , a total of 647 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 35,258 unmanned aerial vehicles, 585 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,038 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,484 multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles, 17,295 field artillery pieces and mortars, and 27,972 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.