Moscow-Sana
The Russian Defense Ministry announced that it had recorded and taken into account for the future the official recognition of the deputy head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Military Administration, General Skipetsky, about Washington's direct approval of each target of the Kyiv authorities before the strikes from the American HIMARS launcher systems.
The spokesman for the ministry, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, said in a press briefing today: that Skipetsky admitted during an interview with British journalists in the Telegraph that before the missile launches, there are consultations between representatives of the intelligence services of both countries that allow Washington to stop any possible attacks if they are not satisfied with the target. intended.
Konashenkov added: All this proves conclusively that Washington, contrary to the statements of the White House and the Pentagon, is directly involved in the conflict in Ukraine, and that the administration of President Joe Biden is directly responsible for all the missile attacks approved by Kyiv on residential areas and civilian infrastructure facilities in Donbass towns And other areas that caused the death of large numbers of civilians.
The spokesman pointed out that no one else in Ukraine and in the world should have any doubts that the Hemars missile strikes on Novaya Kakhovka on July 12, Stakhanov on July 17, Krasny Luch on July 24, and dozens of missile strikes on Donetsk and of course on July 29 on The pre-trial detention center in Yelinovka, which killed 50 people and wounded 73 prisoners of war in Ukraine, was planned by the Kyiv regime and approved by Washington.
The spokesman held the Biden administration political, criminal and moral responsibility for the Yelinovka massacre and other war crimes in Ukraine on the side of the Zelensky regime.
Konashenkov explained that as a result of the bombing by the Russian aerospace forces on the combat positions of the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the village of Marinka in the Donetsk People's Republic, more than 50 Nazis of the second battalion of this unit were killed directly, indicating that the high-precision weapon of the Russian Air Force is at a point Temporary deployment The Ukrainian Foreign Legion was bombed near the city of Nikolaev and up to 250 mercenaries were eliminated and more than 20 units of military equipment were destroyed.
As a result of high-precision strikes by the Russian Air Force, up to 500 ultra-nationalists of the 92nd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a large amount of military equipment were eliminated at the Mereva and Chugav positions in the Kharkov region.
As a result of the destruction of the combat positions of the 16th battalion of the 58th mechanized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian forces in the Artemovsk region, more than 130 Nazis were killed, and the rest of the battalion numbering 70 people left their positions in a hurry and left for the village of Konotop in the Sumy region, where they were disarmed and considered absconding from service.
According to the spokesman, the 21st Battalion of the 56th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, which incurred heavy losses in the outskirts of the village of Peski, was subjected to artillery fire by the Ukrainian forces during the retreat to the area of the village Vodianoi and was almost completely eliminated.
Tactical operational aviation, army aviation, missile forces and Russian artillery continue to bombard military installations on the territory of Ukraine, and during the last 24 hours, five command centers were targeted, including the commands of the 36th Marine Brigade in the Nikolaev region and the 92nd Mechanized Brigade in Tserkony in the Kharkov region, in addition to the manpower and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In 142 districts, seven ammunition depots were destroyed in the Artyomovsk, Konstantinovka and Otretino regions of the Donetsk People's Republic and Trudovoye in the Zaporozhye and Nikolaev region.
Four platoons of Grad launchers and nine artillery platoons were also bombed in their positions in the towns of Seversk, Kirov, Artemivsk, Avdiivka, Pesky, Orlovka, Miners, Velika Novosilka in Donetsk People's Republic, Dopropol in Zaporozhye region, Shirokoy and Bereznegovatoy in the Russian Nikolayev region and Nortsova region. During a whole day, Ukrainian forces were stationed in Moskalivka, Petropavlovka, Kubanki, Volkov Yar, Kharkov and Serzhevka regions of the Kherson region, and two missiles from the “Uragan” launcher system were intercepted in the Kherson region.
Konashenkov indicated that since the beginning of the special military operation, a total of 261 aircraft, 145 helicopters, 1,664 drones, 361 anti-aircraft missiles, 4,225 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 782 launchers, 3240 field artillery and mortars, in addition to 4,655 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.
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