April 16. Russian forces inflicted casualties on Ukrainian troops and military hardware in 133 areas over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday.
"Operational/tactical aircraft, missile troops and artillery of the Russian groups of forces destroyed the Ukrainian army’s ammunition and fuel depots, drone production and storage workshops and struck amassed enemy manpower and military equipment in 133 areas," the ministry said in a statement.
"During the last 24-hour period, air defense capabilities shot down 155 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, six UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles and two US-made HARM anti-radiation missiles," the ministry said.
In all, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 583 Ukrainian warplanes, 270 helicopters, 21,292 unmanned aerial vehicles, 502 surface-to-air missile systems, 15,793 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,267 multiple rocket launchers, 8,928 field artillery guns and mortars and 21,063 special military motor vehicles since the start of the special military operation, it specified.
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