Important news by Thursday morning, September 24: Air defense systems shot down 40 Ukrainian #UAVs overnight, the #Russian Ministry of Defense reported. Russian Armed Forces launched strikes on targets in Rovno and the Chernigov region. In the Zaporizhzhia region, our troops destroyed #AFU strongholds in a forest belt and a camouflaged field ammunition depot. They were hit by "Giatsint-B" artillery crews of the "Vostok" troop grouping, the Ministry of Defense reports.