Russian army shoots down 3 Ukrainian fighters, destroys two British Harpoon missile storage facilities

Moscow (ST): The Russian Defense Ministry announced that during the past 24 hours, the special military operation to protect the residents of Donbas resulted in the killing and neutralization of hundreds of members of the Ukrainian forces and their extremist Nazi battalions, the downing of 3 fighters and nine drones, and the destruction of many missile systems and launchers.

Ministry spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov said in a media briefing today that Russian forces destroyed the positions of the 188th battalion of the 123rd Regional Defense Brigade on the outskirts of the town of Ochakov, Nikolaev Region, and about 290 Ukrainian soldiers were eliminated and 29 armored vehicles and vehicles were destroyed.

Konashenkov indicated that the Russian Air Force bombed the outskirts of the city of Nikolaev, where the forces of the 241st Regional Defense Brigade are deployed, which resulted in the neutralization of about 85 of its members, in addition to the destruction of 15 units of weapons and military equipment in the region.

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