Exercise command post. File photoMOSCOW, Apr 21 Russian operational-tactical and army aviation hit 20 areas overnight, where manpower and military equipment of Ukrainian troops were concentrated, Major General Igor, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said at a briefing on Thursday Konashenkov»Operational-tactical and army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces during the night hit 20 areas of concentration of manpower and Ukrainian military equipment in the areas of the settlements of Shnurki, Novonikolaevka, Aleksandrovka,» Konashenkov said.Ukrainian troops hit a poultry farm in the Zaporozhye region with Tochka-U 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 genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as of March 25, the main tasks of the first stage were completed — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. On April 19, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced the start of the next phase of the special operation.
