OREANDA-NEWS  Russian air defense systems have shot down 28 Ukrainian drones and one HIMARS MLRS projectile over the past day, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.

"An anti-aircraft missile of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system was intercepted by means of air defense. In addition, 28 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Shipilovka of the Luhansk People's Republic, Disputable, Zeleny Gai, Verkhnetoretskoye, Vodiane of the Donetsk People's Republic, Ocheretovatoye, Pyatikhatki, Tarasovka and Berdyansk of the Zaporozhye region," the report says.