Abandoned Ukrainian military equipment in Lysichansk. File photoMOSCOW, Oct 16Russian troops have destroyed 6,700 units of Ukrainian armored vehicles and MLRS since February 24, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday. unmanned aerial vehicles, 380 anti-aircraft missile systems, 5,830 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 870 multiple rocket launcher combat vehicles, 3,480 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 6,595 units of special military vehicles,” the report says. operation in Ukraine on 24 February. 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. .jpg» />Aviation and artillery hit three Ukrainian command posts
