OREANDA-NEWS The Russian armed Forces attacked Ukrainian airfields. A message about this appeared on the Telegram channel of the Ministry of Defense of the country.

"Operational-tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have damaged the infrastructure of military airfields, weapons depots, as well as concentrations of manpower and equipment of armed formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries in 164 districts," the report said.

The ministry added that during the day, the air defense forces managed to shoot down six multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) HIMARS and 50 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). At the same time, since the beginning of the special military operation, the Russian army has destroyed 652 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 39,618 UAVs, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,280 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,507 MLRS combat vehicles, 20,270 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 29,955 units of special military vehicles.

Earlier, soldiers of the 83rd Brigade of the Airborne Forces of the Russian Armed Forces captured a US-made M577 command and staff vehicle. This happened during the offensive in the Kursk region.