Technicians hang an Kh-31 air-to-air missile on a Russian Aerospace Forces fighter armament hardpoint. Archive photoMOSCOW, May 21.Russian high-precision air-launched missiles hit three command posts and eight ammunition depots of the Ukrainian military, Major General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said at a briefing on Saturday. territorial defense in the area of the Bakhmut settlement, 36 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as eight ammunition depots,» Konashenkov said. >Russian air defense forces shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft and 14 drones. He clarified that the affected objects are located in the settlements of Galitsinov in the Nikolaev region, Nyrkovo in the Lugansk people's republic, Krasny Liman and Ocheretino in the Donetsk people's republic. 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.» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, and on March 25 they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. 20.05.2022 InfographicView
