The Defence Ministry reported about the destruction of the aircraft fuel storage and arsenal of aircraft ammunition of the AFU.
The Russian Armed Forces struck the fuel storage facilities of Ukrainian formations for military aviation in Poltava region and the arsenal of aircraft ammunition of the AFU in Cherkasy region, the Russian Defence Ministry reported in its Telegram channel .
“The AFU aviation fuel storage facilities in Poltava region, aviation ammunition arsenal in Cherkassy region, the enemy’s manpower and military equipment in 128 areas were hit,” the military ministry said in a bulletin.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation destroyed: 542 aircraft, 255 helicopters, 9236 unmanned aerial vehicles, 442 anti-aircraft missile systems, 13629 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1185 combat vehicles of multiple rocket launchers, 7187 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 15642 units of special military vehicles.
Recall, on 24 February 2022, Vladimir Putin in an address to the Russians announced that he had decided on a special military operation in Donbass. Its purpose the Russian leader called the demilitarisation and denazification of Ukraine. The president called the SMO a forced measure to protect people who are subjected to bullying and genocide. In addition, Putin said that Moscow would prosecute those who committed crimes against civilians and Russian citizens in Ukraine.