According to military department spokesman Major General Igor Konashénkov, the Air Force devastated a large fuel base near the city of Lviv, which was responsible for supplying enemy troops in the west and center of the country.
For its part, Russian air defenses shot down 18 drones overnight, while cruise missiles hit workshops repairing and modernizing Tor and S-125 air defense systems.
Konashenkov reported that the Moscow Armed Forces also disabled a missile depot of the S-300 and Buk air defense systems near Kyiv.
Russia began a military operation in Ukraine on February 24 after authorities in the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics requested help to repel mounting aggression from Kyiv.
In his informational speech on the start of the operation, Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed out that the goal is to protect the population of Donbass from the abuses and genocide in Kyiv over the past eight years, in addition to “demilitarization”. and “denazification”. “Ukraine.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the attacks are not aimed at the Ukrainian population or cities, but at their military targets and infrastructure.
A month after the clashes began, the Russian military leadership declared that the Ukrainian army had suffered heavy casualties, including the almost complete destruction of the air force and anti-aircraft defense system.
The Navy of that country “ceased to exist,” added First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Colonel-General Sergei Rudskói, summarizing the actions of Russian troops since the beginning of the conflict.
He warned that Ukraine’s 24 ground force units had suffered severe damage, leaving Kyiv without organized reserves and compounding casualties by mobilizing untrained civilians and reservists increased the risk of further casualties.
He explained that during all this time 1,351 Russian soldiers lost their lives and 3,825 were wounded in the fighting. For their part, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and its National Guard suffered 14,000 casualties and another 16,000 soldiers and officers were wounded.
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