Russian air defense forces shoot down three Ukrainian drones — Defense Ministry

Konashenkov

MOSCOW, April 9. /TASS/: Russia’s air defense forces have brought down three Ukrainian drones, including a Bayraktar, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday.

"The Russian air defense has shot down three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles. Of those, two were shot down outside Mariupol and Kalininskoe, and another one, Bayraktar TB2, near Sakhnovschina, Kharkov region," he said.

According to Konashenkov, in the past 24 hours, the tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces and Ground Forces’ missile troops hit 65 Ukrainian military targets. Among them were four command and communication posts, three logistics depots, as well as 41 strongholds and areas of concentration of Ukrainian military hardware.