Kyiv Claims Destroying Russian EW System, Moscow Says Shot down 17 Ukrainian Targets

Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian Repellent-1 electronic warfare system, three anti-aircraft guns, a Strela-10 missile system, a communications vehicle and killed 42 ‘invaders,’ overnight on April 30,  Ukraine Army’s Operational Command South said this on its Facebook page.

"Fighting continues in the Mykolaiv-Kherson area. The enemy, with no activity in advancing, fortified its positions and continues artillery and mortar shelling. After new attempts to reconnoiter the situation using drones, the enemy lost two more Orlan-10 drones in the Mykolaiv region. In the Kherson region, our soldiers destroyed a hostile Repellent-1 electronic warfare station with artillery fire," the statement said.

In addition, another attack on enemy targets on Snake Island destroyed three anti-aircraft guns, a Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system and a communications vehicle.

Russia strikes 17 Ukrainian targets

High-precision air-launched missiles hit 17 Ukrainian military targets during the day on Saturday, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.

"Among them: eight areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment, five artillery firing positions and installations of multiple launch rocket systems, as well as two strong points," Konashenkov said at a briefing on Saturday.

A command post and a warehouse of rocket and artillery weapons were also destroyed near the settlement of Pokrovskoe, Dnepropetrovsk region, he noted.

"Operational-tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit two command posts, nine strongholds and areas of concentration of manpower and equipment, as well as five warehouses of ammunition and fuel during the day," the representative of the department added.

According to him, over 200 enemy personnel and 23 armored vehicles were destroyed as a result of these strikes.

"Missile troops and artillery hit 319 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment, 12 command posts and two depots of missile and artillery weapons," Konashenkov said.