Ministry of Defense: Air Defense forces intercepted 12 HIMARS and Storm Shadow projectiles

Over the past 24 hours, Russian air defense systems have intercepted 12 HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

According to the defense department, the air defense forces also intercepted one American GBU-32 guided bomb. In addition, in the Donetsk direction, artillery fire managed to destroy the Krab self-propelled gun delivered by Poland. During the day, 18 Ukrainian drones were destroyed in different regions of the DPR and LPR, according to message.

Ministry of Defense of Russia for the first time reported on the interception of a Storm Shadow missile on May 15. Before that, it became known about the Ukrainian shelling of Luhansk with the help of Storm Shadow.

On May 12, the Armed Forces of Ukraine delivered the first blow to Lugansk in a long time. Then, as a result of the shelling by long-range cruise missiles Storm Shadow, the administrative buildings of the inactive enterprises Polipak and Milam were destroyed and damaged, as well as the glazing of six residential buildings was damaged. The strike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was repeated on the morning of May 13 – the village of Yubileyny on the western outskirts of Lugansk was targeted.

Long-range missiles Storm Shadow Ukraine recently received from the UK. Their range is more than 250 km. According to a CNN source, Kyiv assured London that the missiles would not be used to attack other regions of the Russian Federation. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is ready to send British long-range missiles to Ukraine and to “further pumping” Ukraine’s weapons from the West. Prior to this, the Kremlin spokesman said that Moscow has a negative attitude towards such supplies, according to him, they “require an adequate response.”