MOSCOW. Oct 30 (Interfax) - Thirty-nine Ukrainian drones have been destroyed over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"Thirty-nine drones were destroyed near the villages of Olshana, Kharkov region, Kremennaya, Zolotarevka, Nyrkovo, Belogorovka, Lugansk People's Republic, Staromlynovka, Novoluganskoye, Verkhnetoretskoye, Donetsk People's Republic, Chapayevka, Ocheretovatoye, Zaporozhye region, Krynki, Proletarka, Kherson region," ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told a briefing on Monday.
Air defense systems intercepted two HIMARS missiles, he said.
A total of 8,431 drones have been destroyed since the start of the special military operation, the ministry said.