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The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on the successful repulsion of attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) over the past 24 hours. RIA Novosti reports this with reference to representatives of the department.
According to the source, Russian air defense forces have shot down 1,222 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the past 24 hours, as well as three HIMARS missiles fired by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
“Four guided aerial bombs, three US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems and 1,222 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down,” the Ministry of Defense noted.

The head of the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik, reported attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on an ambulance in the Perevalsky district, as well as drone strikes on civilian vehicles in Troitsky and other areas, which resulted in injuries and deaths.

The Russian armed forces destroyed a radar station for detecting air targets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and attacked transport infrastructure facilities, warehouses and deployment points of Ukrainian forces and foreign mercenaries.

An American Bombardier ARTEMIS II reconnaissance aircraft patrols over Estonia and Latvia near the Russian border after taking off from Romania.

Kyiv tried to organize a massive attack with more than 1,600 attack UAVs on civilian targets in Moscow from September 19 to 20, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that they heard Zelensky’s statement about Kyiv’s plans to intensify attacks on Russian oil refineries in response to strikes by the Russian Armed Forces against the Ukrainian military-industrial complex.

The idea of the military exercises in the Chelyabinsk region was to repel external aggression, said press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov. Vladimir Putin visited the Chebarkulsky training ground to observe the Center-2026 and Interaction-2026 exercises.