Russian Defense Ministry says 2 launchers of Ukrainian air defense system destroyed in Sumy region

MOSCOW. Aug 6 (Interfax) - Russian forces used a tactical Iskander-M missile system to strike the positions of the Ukrainian air defense in the Sumy region, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"The crews of an Iskander-M tactical missile system have carried out a strike on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy region. An accurate missile strike has destroyed two launchers of a Buk M1 missile system of the Ukrainian Armed Forces," the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The ministry published a footage of the strike on Tuesday.