Russian aircraft destroyed 13 military facilities in Ukraine

Military helicopters at the field airfield of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the zone of the special military operation in Ukraine. Archival photoMOSCOW, March 15 13 Ukrainian military installations were destroyed by operational-tactical aircraft during the night, among the affected objects were 2 missile and artillery weapons depots, Major General Igor Konashenkov, official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, said at a briefing. «Operational-tactical aviation destroyed 13 military installations of Ukraine during the night. Among them: two depots of missile and artillery weapons and 10 areas of concentration of personnel and Ukrainian military equipment. Army aviation in the areas of Gusarivka and Volobuevka destroyed accumulations of manpower and Ukrainian military equipment, including: three strongholds, 9 armored vehicles and vehicles for various purposes,» he said. in Kiev, 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.