Russian military shoot down three UAVs in Idlib area

Three UAVs launched from the territory controlled by militants were destroyed on August 21 in the south of Syria’s Idlib province, the head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties, Major General Alexei Tsygankov said.

"On August 21, military of the Syrian Armed Forces spotted three combat drones approaching positions of the government troops on the western outskirts of the settlement of Abu Dali in the south of Idlib province, from the side of the territories controlled by illegal armed units," the general said.

"The drones had been destroyed with the use of the aircraft defense cannon ZU-23 and small arms. No Syrian military were injured," TASS cited Tsygankov as saying.