MOSCOW, August 9. /TASS/. Russian air defense systems shot down 10 guided aerial bombs, four US-made HIMARS rockets and 970 Ukrainian UAVs over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"Air defense systems shot down 10 guided aerial bombs, four projectiles fired by US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, and 970 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry said.

Since the start of the special military operation, Russian forces have destroyed 673 aircraft, 284 helicopters, 201,891 UAVs, 669 surface-to-air missile systems, 30,506 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,769 multiple-launch rocket system combat vehicles, 36,100 field artillery guns and mortars, and 68,795 special military vehicles, the ministry said.