The Armed Forces (AF) of the Russian Federation destroyed 214 Ukrainian drones. On Sunday, March 20, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov.
“In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 214 unmanned aerial vehicles, 1,483 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 150 multiple rocket launchers, 584 field artillery and mortars, as well as 1,279 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed,” he said. .
In addition, on March 20, operational-tactical and army aviation hit four command posts, two installations of multiple launch rocket systems, and nine artillery pieces.
Also, nine artillery pieces, five depots of rocket and artillery weapons, as well as 65 places of accumulation of military equipment were destroyed.
Russian air defense systems shot down seven Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the air.
Earlier that day, Kalibr missiles destroyed a workshop for the repair of Ukrainian armored vehicles from the Black Sea. In addition, a large storage base for fuel and lubricants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) was destroyed near the village of Konstantinovka (Mykolaiv region).
On the same day, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published footage of the destruction of a tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as part of a special operation to protect Donbass. It is noted that the action was carried out by an anti-tank missile system “Whirlwind” by a helicopter of the army aviation of the Aerospace Forces (VKS) of Russia.
In mid-February, due to the aggravation of the situation in the Donbass as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian military, the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics announced the evacuation of the civilian population to the Russian Federation and asked for help.
On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognizing the independence of the republics. On February 24, Russia launched a special operation to protect the civilian population of Donbass. As the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov clarified, the goals of the special operation are also the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine. The Russian military strikes only on the military infrastructure of Ukraine.
For more up-to-date videos and details about the situation in Donbass, watch the Izvestia TV channel.
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