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MOSCOW, May 26. The Ministry of Defense has published a video of the launch of the R-500 cruise missile by the Iskander- K» at a military facility on the territory of Ukraine. The video shows the operational-tactical missile system «Iskander-K» standing in a wooded area. The R-500 rocket flies out of the launcher due to the operation of its own engine and, slowly turning in the air, leaves towards the target. objects in Ukraine with Msta-B howitzers the past 24 hours hit 62 command posts, 407 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 47 artillery and mortar units in firing positions, as well as three ammunition depots. equipment of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which arrived to reinforce the Ukrainian grouping in the Donbass. Russia has been conducting a military operation since February 24 cification and demilitarization of 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, by the end of March, the Russian army had completed the main tasks of the first stage — it significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The Ministry of Defense called the liberation of Donbass the main goal of the operation.