MOSCOW, September 19. /TASS/. Russian air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 936 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and seven smart bombs over the past 24 hours, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.

"Air defense capabilities shot down seven guided aerial bombs, a rocket of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and 936 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry said in a statement.

Overall, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 674 Ukrainian combat aircraft, 284 helicopters, 240,045 unmanned aerial vehicles, 672 surface-to-air missile systems, 30,957 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,778 multiple rocket launchers, 36,493 field artillery guns and mortars and 72,276 special military motor vehicles since the start of the special military operation, the ministry reported.