Russian Army Destroys 161 Ukrainian Drones and Shahed UAVs
According to the English section of webangah News Agency, citing sputnik via Mehr News Agency, Russian sources reported a Ukrainian drone attack on a vehicle in Russia’s Belgorod region but did not provide further details.
At the same time,Russia’s Ministry of Defense stated that its forces eliminated 1,340 Ukrainian troops across combat zones in the last 24 hours.
The ministry added that the Russian Black Sea Fleet targeted and destroyed a Kyiv loitering munition. Additionally, Russian air defense systems shot down 160 Ukrainian drones within this period.
It is worth noting that on February 21, 2022, russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk people’s Republics in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region. He criticized Western disregard for Moscow’s security concerns at that time.
three days later, on February 24, Putin launched what he called a “special military operation” against Ukraine. This marked a sharp escalation from tense relations to open military conflict between Moscow and Kyiv.
The United States and Western countries responded by imposing extensive sanctions on Russia and supplying billions of dollars worth of weapons and military equipment to Kyiv.
