Russian Defense Ministry: 123 Ukrainian drones, 6 HIMARS projectiles, Hammer guided air bomb downed

MOSCOW. March 7 (Interfax) - Russian forces downed 123 Ukrainian drones, six HIMARS projectiles and a Hammer air bomb in the special military operation zone in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

"Air defense weapons downed six HIMARS projectiles and a French-made AASM Hammer guided air bomb in the past 24 hours," the report said.

One hundred twenty-three Ukrainian drones were destroyed in the Lugansk People's Republic, the Donetsk People's Republic, the Kharkov, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, the ministry said.

"Operational-tactical aircraft, drones, missile forces and artillery of the group of forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit a fuel warehouse for military hardware, a command post of the 80th Air Assault Brigade, personnel and military hardware of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 109 areas," it said.