Today, on Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the liquidation of more than 500 Ukrainian servicemen over the past day, including more than 300 ultra-nationalists, and the destruction of dozens of military equipment.
In a daily statement, the ministry said the Russian army fired precision-guided missiles at a temporary Ukrainian army outpost in the Donetsk People’s Republic, killing more than 300 ultra-nationalists.
In the Kharkiv region, the Russian Air Force attacked the points of deployment of battalions of nationalists and foreign mercenaries in the Osnovyansky and Slobodsky districts, where about 250 militants were eliminated, 25 armored vehicles and vehicles were destroyed.
The Ministry of Defense added that Russian forces launched strikes with long-range and high-precision Kalibr missiles at ammunition depots in the Dnipropetrovsk region, as a result of which several HIMARS missile systems, M777 howitzers and the Pion self-propelled guns, which was delivered by the United States of Ukraine.
The Ministry of Defense reported that a Russian Su-35 fighter shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft near the village of Bogatyr in the Donetsk People’s Republic the day before.
According to official data from the Russian Defense Ministry, 243 fighter jets, 137 helicopters, 1,506 drones and 354 anti-aircraft missiles have so far been destroyed during the special operation in Ukraine.
Also, 4,020 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 741 multiple rocket launchers, 3,132 field artillery mounts and mortars, 4,149 special combat vehicles were destroyed.
Source: Russian Ministry of Defense.