Shoigu: Armed Forces of Russian Federation in August shot 159 shells of Himars

Over the past month of the Armed Forces of Russia, 159 Himars reactive shells, over a thousand unmanned aerial vehicles and 13 cruise missiles were shot down. This was announced on Tuesday by the Minister of Defense of Russia Sergey Shoigu at a selector meeting with the leading composition of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The head of the Russian department claims that “the Ukrainian leadership is desperately trying to demonstrate to Western curators at least some success of offensive actions in order to further receive military-economic assistance, which only delays the conflict.”

According to him, the most intense situation developed in the Zaporizhzhya direction. “The enemy introduced a brigade from a strategic reserve to battle, the personnel of which were prepared under the leadership of Western instructors,” said Shoigu.