Strike with the Iskander operational-tactical missile system on Ukrainian military facilitiesMOSCOW, April 2 strong>The Ministry of Defense reported on Saturday about a new advance: the DPR forces took control of most of Novobakhmutovka and are fighting with the retreating Ukrainian troops. Military airfields in the cities of Poltava and Dnepropetrovsk were also disabled by high-precision air-launched missiles, two Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopters were shot down, 24 were destroyed Ukrainian drones. During the day, Russian aircraft hit 28 military facilities in Ukraine. Meanwhile, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a case of a terrorist attack after an air strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on an oil depot in Belgorod. The head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed investigators to identify those involved in the air strike, including pilots and their commanders. 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 Kiev 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» />The West is furious: Russia uses the «fog of war»According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the 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. The course of the operation Over the past day, the forces of the DPR have taken control of most of Novobakhmutovka and are fighting with the retreating Ukrainian troops. During the night, up to 40 nationalists, a tank and two motorized infantry platoons, as well as a mortar battery were destroyed in this area. High-precision weapons destroyed storage facilities with gasoline and diesel fuel of the Kremenchug oil refinery, from where Ukrainian troops were supplied in the central and eastern regions, Major General Igor Konashenkov, official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, said at a briefing. Military airfields in the cities of Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk, as well as the Mirgorod military airfield in the Poltava region, several Ukrainian combat helicopters and an aircraft, storage facilities with fuel and aircraft weapons were destroyed. In addition, armored vehicles, ammunition and fuel tanks that were sent to to strengthen the grouping of Ukrainian troops in Donbas.
View from Kyiv: Ukraine is openly talking about plans to cut Russian childrenThe Ministry of Defense also reported that two Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopters were shot down, 24 Ukrainian drones were destroyed. Russian aircraft hit 28 Ukrainian military targets in a day. Among them: two depots of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition, as well as 23 areas of concentration of military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In total, since the beginning of the operation, the Russian military has destroyed 125 helicopters and 381 military drones of Ukraine. In turn, the LPR units are developing an offensive, blocking Borovskoye, during the fighting, up to 30 nationalists and five armored vehicles were destroyed. Also, Konashenkov said, as a result of a high-precision strike by the Iskander complex on the Kharkiv defense headquarters on Thursday, more than 100 nationalists and mercenaries from Western countries were destroyed. storming a plant in Mariupol. The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case on a terrorist attack after an attack in Belgorod According to the agency, on April 1, on the territory of Ukraine, the military conspired to commit a terrorist attack on the territory of the Russian Federation. Using two combat helicopters equipped with heavy offensive weapons, they illegally entered the airspace of Russia in the Belgorod region and, moving at low altitude, carried out at least four air strikes against the fuel and energy facilities in Belgorod.
Western media: «The Russian army is retreating to Donbass» Head of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin instructed investigators to identify those involved in the airstrike, including pilots and their commanders. Early Friday morning, a fire broke out at an oil depot in Belgorod. According to the head of the region, it was the result of a strike from two Ukrainian helicopters that entered Russian airspace at low altitude. The emergency services of RIA Novosti reported that eight tanks of fuel were on fire, there was a threat of the fire spreading to other tanks. The mayor of Belgorod and a representative of Rosneft said that there were no victims of the fire. highly qualified medical assistance is provided. She called the conditions of detention of the Ukrainian military who surrendered to Russian troops «ideal». She noted that the conditions of their detention comply with the rules established by the Geneva Convention. The Ombudswoman also expressed the hope that in Ukraine there will be a mirror attitude towards Russian soldiers. The Ministry of Defense allocates its housing stock for the placement of prisoners and provides medical assistance if necessary. Including they are being treated in a hospital on the Crimean peninsula. A hospital representative told reporters that not a single lethal case was allowed, now there are no seriously ill patients in the hospital — the prisoners are undergoing rehabilitation treatment. Some have previously undergone complex surgical operations. Moskalkova also stated that she is in constant cooperation with the Ministry of Defense to work on a prisoner exchange with Ukraine. >Russia is responsible for Ukraine
