With the help of high-precision missiles, Russian troops destroyed the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the fuel base and the accumulation of foreign-made military equipment and weapons. This was announced by Major General Igor Konashenkov, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
“High-precision land-based missiles in the Donetsk region were destroyed: the command of the Ukrainian 56th separate motor infantry brigade in the area of Novogradovka village and the nationalist base in the village of Grodovka. High-precision air-launched missiles in the Kharkov region destroyed a fuel base in the Chuguev settlement, from which fuel was supplied for the equipment of the Ukrainian troops. In addition, an accumulation of foreign-made military equipment and weapons supplied to the Ukrainian armed forces was destroyed at the Lozovaya railway station in the Kharkov region.
In total, according to the data he cited, the operational-tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces struck 34 military installations of Ukraine in one day, including two logistics warehouses, nine strong points and areas where the military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was concentrated. and an artillery battery. In addition, Russian air defense systems shot down Bayraktar TB-2 unmanned aerial vehicle in the air near the village of Taranovka in the Kharkiv region.
Over the entire duration of the special operations, Konashenkov added 125 aircraft, 93 helicopters, 408 unmanned aerial vehicles, 227 anti-aircraft missile systems, 1,987 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 216 multiple rocket launchers, 862 field artillery and mortars. As well as 1888 private military vehicles.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a military special operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The president described the purpose of the operation as “protecting people who have been subjected to eight years of bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime”. The decision to run the operation was the reason for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.
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