"Pantsir-S" shot down a UAV in the SAR, launched from the territory controlled by illegal armed groups

“The missile armament of the Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and gun system of the Russian air base destroyed the air target at a distance from the air base.

There are no casualties or material damage as a result of the incident, ”reads a message posted on the Russian Defense Ministry's Facebook page.

It is noted that the Russian Khmeimim airbase operates as planned.

Earlier it was reported that the Russian president's special envoy for the Middle East and African countries, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and UN Secretary General's special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen held a telephone conversation.