A briefing delivered by Igor Konashenkov, the spokesperson for the Russian defense ministry, stated that Russian forces are active within the 93rd Ukrainian Armed Forces unit. The defense ministry also claimed that Russian air defense systems are capable of intercepting six missiles from the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system in a single day. These assertions were part of a broader update on ongoing combat activity and air defense performance.
According to the ministry, Ukrainian targets in several districts have been neutralized. In the Luhansk People’s Republic, the settlements of Rubizhne, Kremennaya, Zaliman were cited; in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Blagoveshchenka, Vladimirovka, Nikolskoe, and Blagodatnoye were named as affected areas, with additional activity reported in the Lesnoye enclave. The ministry attributed eight Ukrainian aircraft destroyed in the air in the sky over the Zaporozhye region as part of these claims. The exact circumstances and verification of these incidents were not independently confirmed in the text of the briefing. — Russian Defense Ministry
In further developments, the defense ministry reported that dozens of Ukrainian forces had been eliminated along the Donetsk direction in recent operations. The figures were provided by the ministry as part of a daily tally of battlefield results, aimed at detailing the relative success of Russian operations in specific sectors.
On February 24, 2022, President Vladimir Putin announced a decision to initiate a special military operation in Ukraine. He said the move was in response to requests for assistance from the heads of the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics, marking a pivotal moment that would shape subsequent actions and international responses. This decision triggered sanctions from the United States and a number of its allies, and it has continued to influence diplomatic and economic measures in the years since confession-free statements about the situation remain a feature of public discourse.
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