
Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 fighterMOSCOW, May 2. Russian military pilots shot down a Ukrainian fighter, Major General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, said. />Thousands of American mercenaries are fighting in Ukraine, the media write. In addition, air defense forces shot down two Tochka-U tactical missiles near the village of Petrivske in the LPR, as well as ten drones in the Kharkiv, Kherson, Zaporozhye regions, in the DPR and in the Luhansk region. High-precision missiles air-based destroyed 38 military facilities in a day: four command posts, 30 strongholds and areas of concentration of manpower and equipment and three weapons depots in the Pervomaisky and Ilyichevka areas, as well as the Osa AKM anti-aircraft missile system and a MLRS battery in the Arkhangelovka area. At the same time, the troops hit nine strongholds and areas of concentration of manpower and equipment, a BM-21 Grad MLRS battery and an artillery battery in firing positions, the general added. aircraft, 281 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2756 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 316 jet launchers volley fire systems, 1,234 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 2,563 units of special military vehicles,» Konashenkov concluded. Russia has been conducting a special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine since February 24. As Vladimir Putin stressed, 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 military strikes only on military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. The ministry called the liberation of Donbass the main goal of the operation. .2022 InfographicView

