The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Sunday that the country’s military had destroyed 975 facilities of Ukraine’s military infrastructure, including 23 control and communication centers, 3 radar posts, 31 S-300 missile launch systems, Buk M-1 and Osa and 48 radars.
Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov stated that the Russian Armed Forces destroyed 223 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 28 aircraft on the ground, 39 multiple rocket launch systems, 143 units of special military automotive equipment and 86 field artillery guns and mortars. They also shot down 8 fighter jets, 7 helicopters, 11 drones and two Tochka-U tactical missiles.
From the Ministry they pointed out that Ukrainian nationalists attacked this Saturday with multiple Grad rocket launch systems populated neighborhoods on the outskirts of Mariupol and a school in the city, which caused the death of civilians and the destruction of residential buildings. Konashenkov stressed that the Russian military warned about the preparation of such acts by Ukrainian nationalists.
According to the spokesman, the Russian Armed Forces blockaded the cities of Kherson and Berdyansk, while taking the city of Genichesk and the Chernobaevka airfield in the Kherson region under control.
Military equipment and personnel of the units of the People’s Militia of the Lugansk Republic are crossing the Siverski Donets River using a pontoon crossing pic.twitter.com/MyAsNTdsDG
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He also indicated that 471 Ukrainian soldiers have laid down their arms.
-This Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced “a special military operation to defend Donbass.” In a special message to Russian citizens, the president explained that the objective of the operation is “to protect people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.”
-The Russian Defense Ministry assured that the Russian Armed Forces target the Ukrainian military infrastructure and do not attack either the surrendered troops or the civilian population
