"6/11/22 The Ukrainian Air Force's South Command said its forces shot down two Russian helicopters as well as Iranian-supplied "kamikaze" drones. The command said on Saturday that over the previous 24 hours, three enemy Shahed-136 drones were downed over the Mykolaiv region, and three more were shot down by other units of Ukraine's South Defence Forces. Two Russian Kamov Ka-52 attack helicopters were also downed in the southern Kherson region, the command said. They added they had destroyed three Russian ammunition depots in the Beryslav and Kherson district in other strikes, news outlet Ukrinform reported. Newsweek has contacted Russia's defence ministry for comment. Releasing it's separate daily assessment of Russian losses, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that on Friday Moscow lost 12 drones in total, alongside eight tanks and 21 armoured personal vehicles. The Iranian drones have had a big impact on the war, striking Ukrainian targets which include civilian infrastructure. Tehran had denied supplying Russia with the devices although on Saturday Iran's foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, admitted his country did provide them but said this was before the war began. Ukraine's foreign ministry spokesperson, Oleg Nikolenko responded by saying that Tehran should realize "that the consequences of complicity in the crimes of Russian aggression" would be "much larger than the benefits of Russia's support.""

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