Moscow-Sana
The spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, announced that the Russian Armed Forces continue to carry out the special operation in Ukraine and that the Ilyich mining complex in the city of Mariupol was completely liberated by offensive operations of a group of Russian forces and units of the Donetsk People's Republic.
"Last night, using high-precision sea-based Kalibr missiles, a workshop at the Gulyansky plant for the production and repair of medium and long-range anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as anti-ship missiles, was destroyed in one of the Kyiv suburbs," Konashenkov said in a press briefing today.
He stressed that the number and dimensions of missile strikes on targets in Kyiv will increase in response to the Kyiv extremist regime's attempts to carry out any terrorist or sabotage actions on Russian territory.
Konashenkov added that the anti-aircraft defense forces, using the S-400 missile system, shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter in the town of Gorodnaya, Chernigov province, which was returning to its base after bombing a civilian population in the town of Klimon in the Bryansk region. Kharkov province.
He pointed out that 8 Ukrainian marches were shot down and 7 military installations were destroyed with high-precision missiles, including a launch pad for Tochka or tactical missiles in the town of Yasinovo and a site for the temporary stationing of Nazi Ukrainian formations, including 20 armored vehicles, in addition to the destruction of mobilization sites for Ukrainian combat equipment and weapons in the towns of Dergache And Novihelisavka and Postanovskoye, artillery and fuel depots in the towns of Nikolaev and Barutino.
Konashenkov stated that 50 Nazis and about 30 Polish mercenaries belonging to a private military company were eliminated in the Kharkov region, and 221 Ukrainian military targets were targeted, including 12 command centers and 176 fortified positions, and 12 artillery batteries were put down.
"Last night, tactical operational aviation destroyed 13 Ukrainian installations, including depots of artillery and missile weapons, 10 sites for mobilizing Ukrainian manpower and combat equipment, in addition to fortified sites and armored vehicles in the towns of Gusarovka and Voloboyovka," Konashenkov said.
Konashenkov stressed that since the start of the special operation, 132 aircraft, 105 helicopters, 246 anti-aircraft missile systems, 456 drones, 2,213 tanks and other armored vehicles, 249 rocket launchers, 996 field guns and mortars, as well as 2,210 special military vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been shot down.
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