Experts have frequently pointed to the importance of artillery and unmanned vehicles for both Ukraine's and Russia's war efforts.
Moscow has lost 42 artillery systems, 47 unmanned vehicles and one of its submarines in the Black Sea over the past 24 hours, Kyiv's military said on Thursday, after Ukraine launched a missile barrage on Russia's main naval base in Crimea.
In an update posted to social media, Ukraine's military said it had also taken out one Russian surface vessel over the past day, as well as what appears to be the first Russian submarine taken out of action since Russia invaded Ukraine last year.could not independently verify Ukraine's tallies, and has reached out to Moscow's Defense Ministry for comment via email.
Ukrainian artillery unit fires with with a 2S7-Pion, a self-propelled gun, at a position near a frontline in Kharkiv region on August 26, 2022. Russia has lost 42 artillery systems, 47 unmanned vehicles and one of its submarines in the Black Sea in the past 24 hours, Kyiv's military said on Thursday, after Ukraine launched a missile barrage on Russia's main naval base in Crimea.
Air defenses shot down seven of the cruise missiles, Moscow said, which were thought to have been British-supplied Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles, Britain's Sky News reported, citing a Western and Ukrainian source. These missiles have a range of more than 150 miles, and can be launched from Kyiv's combat aircraft.
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