The national flag of Russia on the building of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in MoscowMOSCOW, Apr 16 air in areas of seven settlements, 15 enemy targets were hit, including six places of concentration of Ukrainian military equipment and seven strongholds of Ukrainian troops, said the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov. «During the day, 15 enemy targets were hit by high-precision air-launched missiles. Among them: in the areas of the settlements of Barvenkovo, Rubizhne, Popasna, Novozvanovka, Krasnoarmeysk, Selidovo, Novobakhmutovka, six places of concentration of Ukrainian military equipment and seven strongholds of Ukrainian troops were destroyed,» he said at a briefing.
Canadian political scientist called the main miscalculation of the United States in UkraineKonashenkov stressed that as a result of the strikes, more than 320 Ukrainian soldiers were killed and wounded, 23 armored vehicles and seven vehicles for various purposes were destroyed. In addition, Russian missile forces hit 317 Ukrainian military facilities, a Defense Ministry official said on Saturday Major General Igor Konashenkov of Russia. «Missile forces hit 317 military facilities, including 274 enemy strongholds and manpower concentration areas, 24 command posts and two field fuel depots of Ukrainian troops,» Konashenkov said at a briefing. He added that operational-tactical aviation destroyed 67 areas of concentration of personnel and Ukrainian military equipment during the day. Russian forces during a special operation in Ukraine destroyed more than 2.5 thousand tanks in, armored vehicles and installations of multiple launch rocket systems, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said on Saturday. «In total, 134 aircraft, 460 unmanned aerial vehicles, 246 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2,269 tanks and others armored combat vehicles, 252 multiple rocket launchers, 987 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 2,158 units of special military vehicles,» Konashenkov said.
