Cruise missiles hit Ukraine military facilities
February 26, 2022 14:50
The Russian armed forces struck Ukrainian military facilities with sea- and land-based cruise missiles at night, Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday.
"During the night, the Russian armed forces struck facilities of the Ukrainian military infrastructure with long-range precision weapons using air- and sea-based cruise missiles," Konashenkov told reporters.
According to the spokesman, in total, the Russian armed forces destroyed 821 objects of the Ukrainian military infrastructure.
"Among them are 14 military airfields, 19 command posts and communication centres, 24 S-300 and Osa anti-aircraft missile systems, 48 radar stations. 7 combat aircraft, 7 helicopters, 9 unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down. 87 tanks and other combat armoured vehicles, 28 multiple rocket launchers, 118 units of special military vehicles were destroyed," Konashenkov said.
He added that the Russian navy destroyed 8 Ukrainian military boats.
Konashenkov also stressed that only military facilities are subject to attack, no damage is caused to residential and social infrastructure. -- ANI
IMAGE: A Ukrainian servicemen walk by a damaged vehicle, at the site of a fighting with Russian troops, in Kyiv, on February 26, 2022. Photograph: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters
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