MOSCOW. May 20 (Interfax) - The Russian Defense Ministry has reported destroying an S-125 air defense launcher and downing 45 Ukrainian drones over the past 24 hours.
"The radar station of a German-made IRIS-T air defense missile system and an S-125 air defense launcher have been destroyed," the ministry said on Monday.
The site hosting a conference of the command staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' 92nd and 95th Assault brigades was struck, it said.
"Air defense systems have intercepted 45 unmanned aerial vehicles, a French-made Hammer air bomb, four projectiles of U.S.-made HIMARS and Olkha rocket launchers, and a Neptun anti-ship missile," it said.