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Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and gun system in position. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 2.The aircraft of the Russian Armed Forces hit 38 Ukrainian military targets with high-precision missiles in a day, Major General Igor Konashenkov, official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, said. «38 military targets were hit by high-precision air-launched missiles in a day Ukraine, including four command posts, 30 strongholds, areas of concentration of manpower and Ukrainian military equipment, and three depots of rocket and artillery weapons in the areas of Pervomayskoye and Ilyichevka,» the general said.Russian missile troops destroyed a Ukrainian BM-21 Grad battery. In addition, according to him, the Osa AKM anti-aircraft missile system and a battery of multiple launch rocket systems in the Arkhangelovka area were destroyed .Russia launched a military 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.» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at 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.