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MOSCOW, May 17. The Russian Defense Ministry has published a video of the destruction of armored vehicles of two Ukrainian mechanized battalions, which May tried to go on the counterattack. The video shows footage from the drone, which loitering over the countryside. Artillery hits on tanks and infantry fighting vehicles of the Ukrainian troops are shown. You can also observe the results of the fire damage — Ukrainian armored vehicles burned to the ground, a tank with a turret torn off after an explosion of ammunition.The Ministry of Defense showed footage of howitzers «Msta-S» in Ukraine The Russian Armed Forces with the help of two Ukrainian mechanized battalions on tanks and infantry fighting vehicles,» the Ministry of Defense commented on the video. As noted in the department, Russian units destroyed 26 Ukrainian tanks and 12 infantry fighting vehicles, the enemy’s irretrievable losses in manpower amounted to about a hundred militants. The ministry clarified that the advancing of enemy armored vehicles and preparations for the attack were spotted by drones and technical reconnaissance equipment.The Ministry of Defense showed a video of the offensive of the Airborne Forces on the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Armored vehicles were attacked by unmanned aerial vehicles, artillery was working, and the Russian military also fired oncoming fire from tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. Ukrainian troops took to flight. Earlier, the Russian military took control of the entire Kherson region and the Azov part of the Zaporozhye region. Civil-military administrations were formed in the regions. Thus, it was possible to completely cut off Ukraine from the Sea of Azov, as well as connect these territories with the DPR. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian army strikes only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. The Ministry of Defense called the liberation of Donbass the main goal of the operation.