Aerial bombs at the base airfield of Russian Aerospace Forces fighters involved in a special military operation. File photoMOSCOW, July 28Russian aviation, artillery and missile forces destroyed nine Ukrainian command posts and six ammunition depots in the DPR, Zaporozhye, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday «During the day, nine command posts were hit, including the 68th infantry-jaeger brigade in the Pavlovka region of the Donetsk People's Republic, the 53rd mechanized brigade in the Malye Shcherbaki region of the Zaporozhye region, the 28th mechanized brigade in the Posad-Pokrovskoye region of Kherson region, as well as manpower and military equipment in 173 districts,» the ministry said. -300 near KramatorskIn addition, six ammunition depots were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Paraskovievka, Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Ternovka and Zhovtnevoe of the Nikolaev region. Russia began a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. Russian President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, as of March 25, the Russian Armed Forces had completed the main tasks of the first stage of the special operation — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was the liberation of Donbass.
