THE Russia announced today Good Monday it launched massive overnight strikes against the Ukrainian army and allied military targets, using its air force, missiles, artillery and air defense systems to hit targets in the neighboring country.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that air-to-air missiles destroyed 16 Ukrainian military installations overnight, including five command posts, a fuel depot and five ammunition depots, as well as Ukrainian armored vehicles.
He said the strikes took place in Kharkiv, Zaporizhia, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and the port of Mykolaiv, and that the Russian air force had fired on 108 areas where Ukrainian forces and armored personnel carriers had gathered.
Elsewhere, the Defense Ministry said it had shot down 12 Ukrainian drones carrying bombs and tanks and used Iskander missiles to destroy four weapons and ammunition depots in Luhansk, Vinnytsia and Donetsk.
Russia, which sent troops to Ukraine on February 24, has vowed to continue its “special military operation,” as it calls it, to downgrade the Ukrainian military and eliminate what it calls “dangerous nationalists” until it succeeds. its goals.
It is now focusing its efforts on taking full control of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, which has been under siege for weeks.
The Defense Ministry said the Russian artillery also hit 315 Ukrainian military targets overnight and that anti-aircraft defense systems were used to shoot down three Ukrainian army helicopters, two MiG-29s and one SU-25 aircraft.
“Russian death trap for the defenders of Mariupol”
A local official complains about a Russian death trap for the defenders of Mariupol.
Russian forces are bombing the Azovstal steel planta stronghold of the Ukrainian defense, in the southeastern port city of Mariupol, said Petro Andriushenko, a mayoral adviser, who accused Russia of trying to trap the city’s defenders.
“Fighting in the Left Bank (Livoberezhnyi) area continues throughout the day,” Andriushenko told the Telegram, according to CNN. “The occupiers continue to shoot and bomb the Azovstal metallurgical plant with all their weapons.”
“Realizing that the defenders are not going to give up, the occupiers’ plans are clear,” the official said.
“According to their message, the corridor for safe exit should have been marked with red flags, but there are no signs,” he said. “This confirms once again that they are only preparing a trap for our defenders.”
Ukrainian forces continue to resist Russian attacks on the city after rejecting the Russian ultimatum for surrender.
CNN notes that the Ukrainian official is not in Mariupol, but is gathering information from people in the besieged city.
Ukrainian forces continue to resist Russian attacks on the city after rejecting the Russian ultimatum for surrender.
CNN notes that the Ukrainian official is not in Mariupol, but is gathering information from people in the besieged city.
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