“The Russian armed forces continue to bombard the military infrastructure of Ukraine.. On the morning of March 6, strikes were carried out with long-range, high-precision weapons. The Ukrainian Air Force base near Starokostyantinev was disabled,” said ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov.
He added that the Russian missile forces also destroyed the Ukrainian S-300 missile defense system, and that Russia shot down 8 combat aircraft, including 4 Su-27, and Ukrainian helicopters, in addition to destroying 6 unmanned aircraft” during the past 24 hours.
The Russian Defense Ministry also announced, today, Sunday, that the Su-34 fighter destroyed a military facility of the Ukrainian nationalists with a high-precision air strike, noting that “the crew of the Su-34 aircraft destroyed the military infrastructure of the paramilitary formations of the Ukrainian nationalists with high-precision aviation weapons.”
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry revealed, in a press briefing Sunday, that the Russian armed forces had destroyed 2,203 military infrastructure sites in Ukraine since the beginning of Russian military operations in the neighboring country.
“So far, 2,203 military infrastructure facilities of Ukraine have been targeted during the operation, among them: 76 command posts and communications centers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” Konashenkov said, adding that so far “69 aircraft on the ground, 24 in the air, 778 tanks and vehicles have been destroyed.” other armored combat vehicles, and 62 unmanned aerial vehicles.
The Russian Tass news agency quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as confirming that the Russian air defense had managed to shoot down 4 MiG-27 and another MiG-29 in the Gumieter region, and in the Radomichil region, the Russian air defenses had shot down two planes, one of the “Mig-29” type. Su-27 and Su-25, and a Su-25 aircraft was targeted in the Negin region.