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MOSCOW, 16 Mar. During the day, the Russian military hit 128 military targets of the Ukrainian army, Igor Konashenkov, official representative of the Ministry of Defense, said at a briefing. Among them: one Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system, one Osa air defense system, four detection and targeting radar stations , four command posts, seven weapons and ammunition depots, 68 military equipment accumulation sites. «During the day, aviation and air defense of the Russian aerospace forces shot down: two Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft in the Chernihiv region, one MiG-29 in the Novaya Bykovka region , as well as four unmanned aerial vehicles,» the general added. In total, since the beginning of the military operation, 111 Ukrainian aircraft, 68 helicopters, 160 drones, 159 anti-aircraft missile systems, 1353 tanks and other combat armored vehicles, 129 multiple rocket launchers, 493 guns have been destroyed field artillery and mortars. On February 24, Russia launched a special military operation to demilitarize Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to harassment and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian army, units of the DPR and LPR are developing the offensive.