Russian Guard serviceman. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 17. The special forces of the Russian Guard destroyed a unit of Ukrainian troops and military equipment of the enemy in the Kharkiv region, the press service of the department reports. points of the Kharkiv region. Reconnaissance detected the movement of an enemy armored group.The National Guard detained 26 Ukrainian nationalists in the Kharkiv region «A battle ensued, during which part of the enemy forces, under the cover of BMP fire, tried to bypass the positions of the search group of the Russian Guard on the flank. Having oriented themselves in the developing situation, the special forces of the Russian Guard diverted the enemy's fire towards themselves. At the same time, the BMP of the nationalists was destroyed by an accurate shot from an RPG-30,» the ministry added that the special forces of the Russian Guard had transferred the coordinates of the target to the artillery crew of the Russian Defense Ministry for inflicting fire damage. As a result, about ten people and two infantry fighting vehicles were killed.
Rosguards helped destroy a tank group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkov regionRussia 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.
