Drone operators of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed heavy copters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region

The operators of FPV drones of the North group of forces have eliminated two heavy copters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Kharkiv region. This was announced by the Russian Defense Ministry on July 16.

"The operators of the FPV drones of the North group of forces destroyed two heavy copters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fighters in the area of their military operation in the Kharkiv region with a battering ram in the air," the ministry said in a statement.

It is specified that Russian combat unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are on duty in the sky around the clock, as well as destroying enemy attack drones in the special operation zone.

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Earlier in the day, Russian military personnel using the Iskander operational and tactical missile system (OTRK) struck the position area of the S-300PS anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Gvardeyskoye in the Odessa region.