According to TASS with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Defense, air defense systems found a small-sized unmanned aerial vehicle of unknown origin approaching the air base "from the north-eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea."
“The missile armament of the Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and cannon system of the Russian air base was destroyed at a distance from the air base. There were no injured or material damage, ”the agency said.
The air base operates as planned.
On February 2, it was reported that airspace controls at the Russian Hmeimim airbase in Syria discovered and intercepted a group of terrorist drones.