Russian troops targeted command posts in Kiev and Ukrainian command centers. It has been reported CNN He’s talking about an American military officer.
According to the interlocutor of the TV channel, the Russian army is carrying out larger-scale air strikes. The US official noted that the Russian attacks were also aimed at suppressing and confusing the air defense systems of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
On the eve of Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Russian troops frightened The American Patriot air defense missile system with a high-precision attack of the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system in Kiev.
Earlier, the Telegram channel “Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring” reported that Russian troops were on May 16. applied The largest strike against military installations in Kiev. The armed forces of the Russian Federation used Kinzhal and Kalibr missiles.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to conduct a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.