A serviceman of the Russian Airborne Forces near Nikolaev. File photoMOSCOW, June 16Russian aviation with high-precision missiles hit an electronic warfare station and two control points in Ukraine, said the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov. the installation of the Tochka-U operational-tactical missile system and the Uragan multiple rocket launcher combat vehicle in the Barvenkovo area of the Kharkiv region,» he said. jpg» />Pushilin called for the release of all Russian cities in UkraineBesides this, the pilots hit
- —57 areas where enemy troops and equipment were concentrated;
- —three control points;
- —Buk-M1 air defense system in the river area;
- —point of armor repair technicians near Kharkov;
- —destroyed 280 nationalists, two ammunition depots, five tanks and other armored vehicles, six field artillery pieces and 11 special vehicles.
At the same time, missile troops and artillery for 24 hours hit 195 concentration areas and 34 command posts of Ukrainian troops, as a result of which:
- —more than 200 nationalists;
- —electronic warfare station;
- —three ammo dumps;
- —six tanks and other armored vehicles;
- —MLRS «Grad»;
- —two UAV control points.
«Russian air defense systems shot down a Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the Mazanovka region of the Kharkiv region. Also, seven Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down in the areas of the settlements of Tomina Balka, Sukhoi Stavok, Kherson region, Bolshiye Prokhody, Chistovodovka, Malaya Kamyshevakha, Kamenka, Kharkiv region , Zolotoe of the Lugansk People's Republic,» Konashenkov added. Air defense also managed to intercept a Tochka-U missile in the LPR and 21 Uragan multiple rocket launchers in the LPR, DPR, Kherson and Kharkov regions.
Ukraine as a state may soon simply cease to exist, Pushilin said Russia has been conducting a military operation in Ukraine since February 24. As Vladimir Putin stated, its goal is “to protect 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 has already completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The ministry called the liberation of Donbass the main goal of the operation.