Russia downs 157 Ukrainian drones: defense ministry

Russian air defense systems have shot down 157 fixed-wing drones, a guided aerial bomb and a long-range Neptune missile, Russia's Defense Ministry said Thursday.

Russia's Black Sea Fleet also destroyed four Ukrainian unmanned boats, the ministry added.

Since the start of the special military operation, Russia has destroyed 668 aircraft, 283 helicopters and 96,284 drones, according to the ministry.

In total, it said, 636 surface-to-air missile systems, 26,000 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,611 multiple rocket launchers, 31,274 field artillery pieces and mortars, and 46,560 special military vehicles have been destroyed.