MOSCOW, October 18. /TASS/. Russian air defense systems shot down seven Ukrainian long·range Flamingo missiles and 1,256 Ukrainian aircraft·type drones over the past day, the Defense Ministry said.

"Air defense systems shot down seven long·range Flamingo cruise missiles and 1,256 unmanned aircraft of aircraft type," it said in a statement.

According to it, since the start of the special military operation, Russia has destroyed 674 aircraft, 284 helicopters, 265,145 unmanned aerial vehicles, 672 anti·aircraft missile systems, 31,279 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,792 multiple rocket launcher systems, 36,750 field artillery pieces and mortars, and 74,862 units of special military automotive equipment.