6 Ukrainian military targets hit with high-precision weapons: Russia

By Elena Teslova

MOSCOW (AA) – Russia hit six Ukrainian military targets, including five ammunition depots and a fuel base, with high-precision weapons over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.

Russian air defense systems also downed a Ukrainian helicopter and eight unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said at a daily briefing in Moscow.

A further 52 military objects were hit, including three command posts, three multiple launch rocket systems, one Buk-M1 air defense system, a radar of the S-300 air defense system, as well as 10 areas of concentration of military equipment and 16 support points of Ukrainian forces, Konashenkov said.

“In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 124 aircraft and 81 helicopters, 353 UAVs, 1,839 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 202 multiple rocket launchers, 773 field artillery and mortar guns, as well as 1,711 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed,” he added.

The Russian war against Ukraine, which started on Feb. 24, has been met with international outrage, with the European Union, US, and UK, among others, implementing tough financial sanctions on Moscow.

At least 1,232 civilians have been killed in Ukraine and 1,935 injured, according to UN estimates, with the true figure feared to be far higher.

More than 4 million Ukrainians have also fled to other countries, with millions more internally displaced, according to the UN refugee agency.