In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services work at the scene of a Russian attack in Odesa, Ukraine, on March 15, 2024. (UKRAINIAN EMERGENCY SERVICE VIA AP)

MOSCOW/KYIV – Russia has neutralized three US Patriot air defense complexes in Ukraine in the past week, local media quoted the Russian Ministry of Defense as saying on Saturday.

According to Russia's RIA Novosti news agency, Ukraine's forces have sustained significant losses in equipment and personnel, said Alexey Kim, chief of staff of Russia's joint group of forces, reporting to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in a meeting.

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Over the last week, three American Patriot complexes, a Vampire multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle, more than 10 foreign-made artillery systems, and warehouses of fuel, lubricants and ammunition were destroyed, the ministry said in the report.

Russian missiles kills 16

 At least 16 people were killed and 55 injured in Russia's missile attack on Ukraine's southern city of Odesa on Friday, according to Odesa governor Oleh Kiper.

Russia's armed forces fired missiles at Odesa at 11:00 am local time (0900 GMT), damaging civilian infrastructure, including residential and commercial buildings, Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office said in a statement.

6 injured in Ukrainian drone attack 

A Ukrainian drone targeted a vehicle in Russia's Belgorod Oblast, injuring five people inside the car, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Saturday.

"A passenger car moving along the road was attacked by the Ukrainian Armed Forces with the help of a kamikaze drone ... As a result of the explosion, the car caught fire and five people in it were injured," the governor wrote on Telegram.

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Gladkov said that the injured, including a teenage boy who suffered a concussion, were taken to the local hospital.

The Ukrainian side has yet to respond to this incident.