Russian military strikes Ukrainian energy and other facilities, shooting down 1,297 fixed-wing drones.

According to a report from Xinhua News Agency in Moscow on October 24, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that in the past 24 hours, the Russian military has struck targets such as energy and transportation infrastructure used by the Ukrainian military and shot down 1,297 fixed-wing drones.

The report stated that the Russian military's tactical aviation, attack drones, missile troops, and artillery targeted the energy and transportation infrastructure used by the Ukrainian military, storage and launch sites for long-range drones, as well as temporary deployment points for the Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries. The Russian air defense system shot down one French "Scalp" cruise missile, four "Neptune" long-range missiles, and 1,297 fixed-wing drones.

Additionally, on the night of the 23rd, the Russian military continued to use drones to strike Ukrainian port infrastructure and vessels serving the Ukrainian military, hitting a drone production workshop in the port of Chernomorsk in Odesa Oblast and striking a cargo ship transporting supplies for the Ukrainian military at sea.

The report stated that since the beginning of the special military operation, the Russian military has destroyed a total of 674 Ukrainian aircraft, 284 helicopters, 270,125 drones, 672 air defense missile systems, 31,380 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, and 1,792 multiple rocket launcher systems.