“Four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were also shot down in the areas of the settlements of Chervony Oskol and Nevskoye in the Kharkiv region, as well as Vesyoloye of the Donetsk People’s Republic,” he said.

In the areas of Izyum, Topolskoye and Malaya Kamyshevakha, five Smerch rockets were intercepted.

“In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 146 aircraft, 112 helicopters, 690 unmanned aerial vehicles, 285 anti-aircraft missile systems have been destroyed,” Konashenkov added.

Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense published the launch of high-precision Onyx missiles at a hangar near Odessa with weapons and ammunition from the United States and Europe.