Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle. File photoMOSCOW, April 6 Since the start of the military special operation in Ukraine, the Russian army has destroyed 125 planes and 408 drones of the Ukrainian troops, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said on Wednesday. military operation destroyed: 125 aircraft, 93 helicopters, 408 unmanned aerial vehicles, 227 anti-aircraft missile systems, 1987 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 216 multiple launch rocket systems, 862 field artillery and mortar guns, as well as 1888 units of special military vehicles «, — he said. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
