The spokesman for the Ministry, Major General Igor Konashénkovo, said that two anti-aircraft missile systems, four command posts, two multiple missile launch systems, an ammunition and artillery weapons depot, and two fuel and lubricant stores were eliminated.

He reported that in the last few hours 18 drones were shot down and 38 hangars and areas of concentration of military equipment were hit by the Russian Aerospace Forces.

Since the beginning of the military operation on February 24th, 124 planes and 77 helicopters, 216 anti-aircraft missile systems, 341 drones, 1,815 tanks and other armored combat vehicles have been annihilated.

Also, 195 multiple rocket launcher systems, 762 field guns and mortars, as well as 1,689 units of special military vehicles were also destroyed.

Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24th, after the authorities the People’s Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk requested help to repel the aggression from Kiev.

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