Russian military forces announced that they had intercepted 11 HIMARS missiles and destroyed many other Ukrainian attack groups.

Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said that on April 6, Russian air defense forces intercepted 11 missiles of the US-made HIMARS multi-purpose missile launcher system and destroyed 11 machines. Ukrainian drones in skirmishes.

“Air defense forces intercepted 11 missiles of the HIMARS multiple launch missile system. In addition, they destroyed 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in areas near the settlements of Tavolzhanka in the Region. Kharkov, Kremennaya and Kovalyovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Nikolskoye, Novosyolovka and Peski in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” said Konashenkov.

HIMARS multiple launch rocket system. Photo: Almashareq

Konashenkov also announced that more than 50 Ukrainian soldiers, two armored fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles and even a US-made AN/TPQ-36 anti-aircraft radar were destroyed in the Kupyansk region.

On the same day, Russian forces announced that they had destroyed more than 140 Ukrainian troops in the Donetsk region.

“In the direction of Donetsk, more than 140 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 armored fighting vehicles and 8 motor vehicles were destroyed by the attacks of tactical aircraft, artillery and heavy flamethrowers by the armed forces. southern force unit”, the statement read.

Russian forces also destroyed a Polish-made Krab self-propelled howitzer, Gvozdika and Akatsiya motorized cannons, a D-20 howitzer and even a US-made AN/TPQ-50 anti-aircraft radar of the Kiev army.

“In addition, in the Sergeyevka settlement in the Donetsk People’s Republic, an artillery arsenal of the 107th missile brigade of the Ukrainian army was destroyed”, added Konashenkov.