MOSCOW. Nov 23 (Interfax) - A Mil Mi-8 helicopter has been downed in the Kherson region, the Russian military said.
"Air defense systems have downed a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force near Tyaginka in the Kherson region," Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said at a press briefing on Thursday.
"An air-launched ammo depot and a communication center were hit at an airfield in the Khmelnitsky region," he said.
"Eight projectiles of HIMARS high mobility artillery rocket systems were intercepted over the day," Konashenkov said.
Twenty-four Ukrainian drones were downed in a number of regions in the past day, he said.