183 Ukrainian aircraft, 128 helicopters destroyed since “operation”, Russian Defense Ministry says
The Russian Defense Ministry said that their forces had destroyed 183 Ukrainian aircraft and 128 helicopters since the “special military operation” in Ukraine began.
“High-precision air-based missiles have hit 2 command and control posts of AFU battalions, 1 communications center, as well as 34 areas of AFU manpower and military equipment concentration. Operational-tactical and army aviation have hit 3 strong points and 67 areas of AFU manpower and military equipment concentration,” the ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said at a daily press briefing in Moscow.
Konashenkov noted that the attacks have resulted in the elimination of more than 320 nationalists and 47 weapons and military equipment. “Russian air defense means have shot down 15 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles near Severodonetsk, Novochervonoe, Vasilevka of the Lugansk People's Republic, Panteleimonovka, Grigorovka, Krasnovka, Nevelskoe of the Donetsk People's Republic, Petrapolie, Petrovskoe, Glinskoe of Kharkov Region, Chornobaevka and Aleksandrovka of Kherson Region.”
“In total, 183 Ukrainian aircraft and 128 helicopters, 1,064 unmanned aerial vehicles, 325 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,323 tanks, and other armored combat vehicles, 451 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,731 field artillery, and mortars, as well as 3,294 units of special military vehicles were destroyed during the operation,” he added. (ILKHA)