The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashenkov, spoke about the course of the special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine.
“In total, 2,396 military infrastructure facilities of Ukraine were destroyed during the operation. Among them are 82 control points and communication centers of the Ukrainian armed forces, 119 anti-aircraft missile systems S-300, Buk M-1 and Osa, as well as 76 radar stations. Also the destroyed technique includes 827 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 84 multiple launch rocket systems, 304 field artillery and mortar guns, 603 units of special military vehicles, as well as 78 unmanned aerial vehicles,” Konashenkov said.
According to him, last night, fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces and military air defense shot down three more Su-27s of the Ukrainian Air Force in the Poltava region, one Su-25 in the Gostomel region, two Mi-24 helicopters in the Makarov region and eight unmanned aerial vehicles, including Bayraktar TB-2.
In addition, three Buk M1 anti-aircraft missile systems and two radar stations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit by bomber and ground attack aircraft. The Russian Defense Ministry stressed that Ukrainian nationalists continue to use the civilian population as a “human shield”.
“Ukrainian nationalists used more than 150 civilians, hiding behind them as a “human shield”, and opened fire from behind the backs of citizens, the Russian Defense Ministry said. As a result of firing by Ukrainian Nazis, four civilians were killed and five were wounded,” Konashenkov said.
The representative of the Russian Defense Ministry also said that units of the Russian Armed Forces took control of the settlements of Urozhaynoye, Novodonetskoye, Novomayorskoye, Dorozhnyanka, Zagornoye and Charivnoye.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the decision to launch a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine to protect people who “have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.”
According to the Russian leader, it is necessary to denazify Ukraine and bring to justice all war criminals responsible for “bloody crimes against civilians” in Donbass. News Front daily reports on the course of the special operation of the RF Armed Forces in Ukraine.
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