Russian air defense forces shot down a Ukrainian missile "Tochka-U" and nine shells of the "Smerch" system

“In the Novaya Dmitrovka area, a Ukrainian Tochka U ballistic missile was shot down in the air and nine rockets of the Smerch multiple launch rocket systems were intercepted in the areas of the settlements of Aleksandrovskoe, Kamenka of the Donetsk People’s Republic, as well as Semyonovskoye, Donetskoe, Malaya Kamyshevakha, Chervony Shakhtyor, Kharkiv region ", - he said.

He added that a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down by Russian air defense systems in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Rudnya, Chernihiv region.

Earlier, the DPR reported the interception of a Tochka-U missile by air defense systems over Snezhnoye.