Ukrainian soldier and military equipment on the road in Kramatorsk. File photoMOSCOW, Apr 15Precision-guided missiles from the air hit ten Ukrainian military targets, including three troop concentration areas, two military equipment concentrations, rocket and artillery weapons depots, and deployment points of national formations, an official said Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Major General Igor Konashenkov. «During the day, ten enemy targets were hit by high-precision air-launched missiles. Among them, three areas of concentration of units of the 81st and 93rd separate mechanized brigades of Ukrainian troops were destroyed; in the settlements of Povstanskoye, Odessa region and Novoelizavetovka, there are two places of concentration of Ukrainian military equipment and weapons; in the areas of the settlements of Parutino and Nikolaev, missile and artillery weapons depots; in Yasenovoye and Sribnoye, the deployment points of nationalist formations,» he said at a briefing. Russia launched a military operation yu 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.» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
