5 Ukrainian Aerial Vehicles Destroyed, Russian Armed Forces Says in Control of Kharkov Region

TRIBUN-TIMUR.COM - Russian Armed Forces released the special military operation information in Ukraine, updated on Tuesday, 24th May 2022.

The Russian Federation Defence Ministry Spokesperson Igor Konashenkov (Igor Konashenkov) said that Russian air defence means have shot down 5 unmanned aerial vehicles in (syarnobevka) Chernobaevka in (Herson)Kherson Region, Dibrovnoe(jibroovnoe), Kamenka, Pitomnik (petoomnik) and Malye Prokhody(Maaliye prokhody) in Kharkov Region.

In addition, 4 Ukrainian Smerch multiple-launch rockets have been intercepted over Topolskoe (topolskoe), Semenovka and Sukhaya Kamenka (Sukyeka kamenkan) in Kharkov Region.

In total, Igor explain, 178 Ukrainian aircraft and 125 helicopters, 995 unmanned aerial vehicles, 320 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,243 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 425 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,658 field artillery and mortars, as well as 3,124 units of special military vehicles were destroyed during the operation, said igor.

Russia launched an offensive against Ukraine in late February, following Kiev’s failure to implement the terms of the Minsk agreements, first signed in 2014, and Moscow’s eventual recognition of the Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. The German- and French-brokered protocols were designed to give the breakaway regions special status within the Ukrainian state.

The Kremlin has since demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that will never join the US-led NATO military bloc. Kiev insists the Russian offensive was completely unprovoked and has denied claims it was planning to retake the two republics by force.(*)