This was announced by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov.

“Russian air defense systems shot down six unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Chervony Shakhtyor, Chervonoe, Verkhnepolie and Velikaya Kamyshevakha of the Kharkiv region, as well as Verkhnetoretskoe of the Donetsk People’s Republic, during the day.

In addition, 12 shells of a multiple launch rocket system were intercepted over the settlements of Chernobaevka in the Kherson region and Gorskoe in the Lugansk People's Republic and one ballistic missile "Tochka-U" in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Chervoniy Oskol in the Kharkov region, ”TASS reports his words.

Earlier, the LPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) stated that three people were injured in the city of Svatovo as a result of a strike by the Ukrainian military with Tochka-U.