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According to the agency, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed 16 Ukrainian military facilities with high-precision missiles.
MOSCOW, 18 April. /TASS/. The armed forces of the Russian Federation destroyed four warehouses of weapons and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as three areas of concentration of enemy manpower with Iskander missiles. This was announced on Monday by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov.
"The missile forces carried out strikes with high-precision ground-based Iskander missiles. Four warehouses of weapons and military equipment were destroyed, as well as three enemy manpower concentration areas near the settlements of Popasnaya, Yampol and Kramotorsk," he said.
According to Konashenkov, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed 16 Ukrainian military facilities with high-precision missiles. "High-precision air-launched missiles destroyed 16 Ukrainian military facilities during the night," he said. Gulyaipole, Kamyshevakha, Zelenoe Pole, Velikomikhaylovka and Nikolaev," Konashenkov said.
He added that Russian air defense systems shot down two Ukrainian fighters in the air. "Russian air defense systems shot down three Ukrainian combat aircraft in the air: two MiG-29 fighters in the area of the Izyum settlement and one Su-25 in the Avdiivka area," Konashenkov said. According to him, 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were also shot down in the air in the areas of the settlements of Klimovo, Nevelskoye, Novotroitskoye, Izyum, Panteleymonovka, Sladkovodnoye, Yasnoye. Intercepted were 10 large-caliber rockets fired by Ukrainian multiple launch rocket systems at the Chernobaevka settlement.
"During the night, Russian artillery units attacked 315 objects of Ukrainian troops. 18 command posts, 22 artillery batteries, the Osa-AKM anti-aircraft missile system, as well as 275 strongholds and areas of concentration of enemy manpower, were hit," Konashenkov said. .
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation in Ukraine in response to the appeal of the leaders of the Donbass republics for help. He stressed that Moscow's plans do not include the occupation of Ukrainian territories, the goal is the demilitarization and denazification of the country. As stated in the Russian Defense Ministry, the Russian military does not strike at cities, but disable only the military infrastructure, so nothing threatens the civilian population.
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