The Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation (VKS) destroyed the Ukrainian Buk-M1 air defense system, an airspace control radar, an S-300 radar and two MLRS batteries in one day. This was announced by Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
According to him, high-precision air-based missiles hit two command centers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and 15 concentrations of manpower and military equipment.
Konashenkov stated that the objects were destroyed in the settlements of Barvenkovo in the Kharkov region, Slavyansk in the Donetsk People’s Republic, not far from Krivoy Rog, as well as in the Zvanovka and Zakotne regions in the Luhansk People’s Republic. DPR.
In addition, two Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force were shot down in the DPR and one Su-25 aircraft was shot down in the Kharkiv region.
The day before, Konashenkov said that Russian troops destroyed Anti-aircraft missile system “Buk-M1” of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Minkovka region of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
Former Russian Ministry of Defense showed Footage of the destruction of positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by Akatsiya artillery mounts.
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 decision to run the operation was the reason for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.