MOSCOW/KYIV - Russia's air defense systems shot down over 300 Ukrainian drones over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

"Air defense assets downed five precision-guided bombs, one US-made HIMARS rocket, and 314 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry said in a morning release.

Later, the ministry issued an updated statement, reporting that between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm Moscow Time (0800-1000 GMT), on-duty air defense assets destroyed 20 additional Ukrainian fixed-wing drones: 17 over the Belgorod region, two over the Bryansk region, and one over the Oryol region.

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According to the ministry, since the start of its special military operation, a total of 667 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 88,048 drones, 631 missile systems, 25,351 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,592 multiple rocket launchers, 30,176 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 43,185 specialized military vehicles have been destroyed.

Russian strike 

At least 30 people were injured Saturday when a Russian strike hit a passenger train at a railway station in the city of Shostka in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region, reported the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.

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Oksana Tarasyuk, acting head of the Shostka District Military Administration, said that the Kiev-Shostka train caught fire in the attack, adding that all injured passengers were taken to hospitals.

An emergency response center was established in Shostka following the attack.

Moscow has yet to respond to the attack.