Moscow-Sana
The Russian Defense Ministry announced that Russian forces today targeted dozens of military sites in Ukraine and eliminated more than 150 armed elements of the Kyiv government forces.
"Today, the Russian Aerospace Forces launched strikes with high-precision missiles on 12 Ukrainian military installations, including two command centers of the Ukrainian army in the villages of Gusarovka and Andreyevka, and three concentration areas for military and military vehicles in the cities of Kramatorsk and Seledovo and the village of Arkhangelovka, in addition to Six strong points for national formations near the city of Popasnaya.
Konashenkov added that "as a result of the strikes, more than 150 nationalists were eliminated, five rocket launchers and eight armored vehicles were destroyed, and an Osa air defense missile system was destroyed near the village of Yazikovo."
Konashenkov indicated that the Russian Air Force launched raids today on 73 other military facilities in Ukraine, including two depots of missile and artillery weapons in the vicinity of the towns of Shevchenko and Kumar in the Donetsk People's Republic.
He pointed out that Russian missile strikes today targeted four command centers, an ammunition depot and gatherings of the military in the Novaya Dmitrovka and Visuki regions.
The Russian spokesman indicated that the Russian air defenses had shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter in the vicinity of the village of Korovi Yar, in addition to two Ukrainian drones over the city of Izyum and the village of Novobogdanovka.
In total, since the start of its military operation in Ukraine, according to Defense Ministry data, the Russian forces have destroyed 140 aircraft, 106 helicopters, 498 drones, 254 air defense missile systems, 2,397 tanks and armored vehicles, 261 rocket launchers, 1,038 artillery and mortars, in addition to 2,244 special military vehicles.
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