Moscow-Sana
The Russian Defense Ministry announced that last night, using high-precision missiles and sea-based missiles, the headquarters and station of the extremist Ukrainian nationalist Dnepr battalion were destroyed in the vicinity of the town of Zvznetskoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region, where a group of foreign mercenaries arrived a few days ago.
Spokesman for the Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said in a press briefing today that high-precision air-to-air missiles also destroyed S-300 missile platforms discovered by Russian reconnaissance units in the vicinity of the town of Starobogodanovka in Nikolayev province and at the Chuvoli military airport.
Konashenkov added that the Russian anti-air defense means shot down 8 Ukrainian drones in the air in the towns of Olkhatovka, Novaya Astrakhan, Avdiivka, Shakhtorskoye, Kurakhovo, Novoselovka, Ftarikh and Vesuloyeh.
The spokesman added that the tactical operational aviation of the Russian aerospace forces targeted 86 Ukrainian military installations, including two command centers, two ammunition depots, 3 fuel depots, 3 missile launchers, as well as 49 fortified sites and Ukrainian combat equipment mobilization sites.
Konashenkov said that since the start of the Russian special operation, 127 aircraft, 98 helicopters, 234 Ukrainian S-300, Buk-M1 and OSA-KM anti-aircraft missile systems have been shot down, 436 drones, 2,052 tanks and other armored vehicles, 232 rocket launchers, 894 field guns and cannons. Mortars as well as 1975 Special Military Vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In a related context, crews of Russian Ka-52 combat helicopters destroyed armored vehicles of the Ukrainian armed forces, according to a video published by the Russian Defense Ministry.
The ministry said that the helicopters fired machine guns and missiles from low altitudes and twice attacked a convoy of automatic and anti-aircraft systems belonging to the Ukrainian forces.
Another video showed that the Russian military distributed humanitarian aid to the population in the town of Stanislav in the Ukrainian province of Kherson.
Local residents said they had run out of food and stores in Stanislav are not working because of the continuous Ukrainian bombardment from the town of Nikolaev.
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