Servicemen of the RF Armed Forces at the ZU-23 anti-aircraft gun based on the Ural Tornado vehicle. File photoMOSCOW, May 29.Russian troops have destroyed more than 6,500 vehicles and armored vehicles since the start of the military special operation in Ukraine, Major General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said on Sunday. 183 aircraft, 128 helicopters, 1,049 unmanned aerial vehicles, 325 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,309 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 447 multiple rocket launchers, 1,722 field artillery and mortars, as well as 3,270 units of special military vehicles,» Konashenkov said.
Missile troops and artillery hit 62 command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a dayRussia 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.
