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Anti-aircraft missile and gun system (ZRPK) «Pantsir-S1» at the field airfield of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of ​​the special military operation on Ukraine. File photoMOSCOW, May 2.Russian air defense systems shot down 10 Ukrainian drones over the past 24 hours, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said on Monday. aircraft in the areas of the settlements of Veseleye, Borshchevo and Balakliya of the Kharkiv region, Kisylivka of the Kherson region, Mayak of the Zaporozhye region, Dokuchaev, Korsun and Khanzhinkovo ​​of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as in the area of ​​the city of Lugansk,» he said.Russian operational-tactical aviation hit 27 strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In addition, two Tochka-U tactical missiles were shot down in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Petrovskoye (LPR) and a rocket was destroyed in the Donetsk region «Smerch». 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 Kyiv 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.