Moscow (Times Of Ocean)- Russia said it destroyed weapons supplied to Ukraine by the US and Europe and a runway at a military airfield near Odessa on Sunday.
Russian Defense Ministry officials said high-precision missiles called Onyx were used to hit the airfield. Europe Odessa
According to the statement, two Ukrainian Su-24M bomber jets were shot down near Kharkov, while two S-300 air defense systems were destroyed near Zaporizhzhia and Artemovsk.
It added that two Ukrainian Tochka-U missiles and 12 unmanned aerial vehicles were also shot down in different areas.
The attack targeted seven military assets in Ukraine, including four areas of concentration for manpower and equipment, as well as three missile and artillery weapons and ammunition depots, the ministry said.
“In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 145 aircraft, 112 helicopters, 672 unmanned aerial vehicles, 281 air defense systems, 2,703 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 312 multiple rocket launchers, 1,203 field artillery and mortar guns, as well as 2,514 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed,” read the statement.
Since the war with Russia began on Feb. 24, at least 2,899 civilians have been killed and 3,235 injured in Ukraine, according to UN estimates. But the true toll could be substantially higher.
UNHCR’s data shows that more than 5.4 million people have fled to other countries, while 7.7 million people are internally displaced.