MOSCOW, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Russian air-to-surface missiles have destroyed three command posts, 13 troop concentration areas and four Ukrainian ammunition dumps in Donbass in the past 24 hours, the country’s defense ministry said today.
According to the report of the spokesman of the military unit Igor Konashenkov, during this period the air defense shot down 11 enemy drones in the south-east of the country and in the Kharkov region, where two shells from several missile launch systems were also intercepted.
He also noted that during the night Russian aviation eliminated three command posts and one ammunition depot, 26 concentration areas for troops and military equipment, and one ammunition dump.
In all, Russian artillery and rocket forces attacked 583 troop assembly points, 41 command posts, 76 artillery and mortar batteries, three Grad multiple rocket launcher batteries, and a Ukrainian electronic warfare station.
Russia began a military operation in Ukraine on February 24 after authorities in the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics requested help to repel rising aggression and intense bombing in Kiev.
Previously, Moscow had recognized the independence and sovereignty of both territories and signed treaties of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance with their leaders, which included the establishment of diplomatic relations and military assistance.
In his informational speech on the start of the operation, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the goal is to protect the people of Donbass from the abuses and genocide in Kyiv over the past eight years, in addition to “demilitarization” and ” Denazification”. Ukraine.
The Russian Defense Ministry stressed that the attacks were not aimed at the Ukrainian population or cities, but at the country’s military infrastructure.
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