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TASS; Military operation in Ukraine
May 18, 09:56 ; Updated 10:16
Russian Defense Ministry: air defense systems shot down Ukrainian Su-25 and MiG-29 aircraft
Major General Igor Konashenkov announced the destruction of 15 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and the interception of eight Smerch MLRS shells
MOSCOW, May 18. /TASS/. Su-25 and MiG-29 aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were shot down within 24 hours by Russian air defense systems. This was announced on Wednesday by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense (MO) of the Russian Federation, Major General Igor Konashenkov.
"Russian air defense systems shot down one Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft over the settlement of Trypillia in the Donetsk People's Republic. In addition, a MiG-29 of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down near the settlement of Kamennaya Yaruga, Kharkiv region," he informed.
According to Konashenkov, 15 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were also destroyed and eight Smerch MLRS shells were intercepted.
Rocket troops and artillery
Konashenkov noted that the missile troops and artillery of the Ground Forces during a special operation in Ukraine hit about 650 targets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day.
"The missile forces and artillery hit 76 command posts, 421 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment, as well as 147 artillery and mortar units at firing positions, including a Ukrainian battery of 155-mm M777 howitzers manufactured by the United States near the settlement of Podgornoye. In the area In the settlement of Protopopovka, Kharkiv region, a pontoon crossing built by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to cross the Seversky Donets River was destroyed," he said.
He emphasized that the Russian Aerospace Forces hit the headquarters of the Ukrainian territorial defense in Donetsk Soledar, two Su-24s in the Dnieper region and an S-300 division in the Nikolaev region with high-precision missiles.
"During the day, high-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit two command posts, including the headquarters of the territorial defense in the area of the Soledar point of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as 31 areas of concentration of manpower and Ukrainian military equipment, including the location of units of foreign mercenaries from European countries in Nikolaev and Krasnogorovka," Konashenkov said.
According to him, two Ukrainian S-24s were also destroyed at a military airfield near the Dnieper. "Also destroyed <...> in the area of Nikolaev, a division of Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as four depots of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Ugledar, Pokrovskoe, Soledar and Bakhmut of the Donetsk People's Republic," he added.
Destruction of three command posts and a warehouse
Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit three command posts and an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, more than 270 nationalists were killed in a day, the major general noted.
"Operational-tactical and army aviation hit three command posts, 41 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as an ammunition depot near the village of Vuhledar in the Donetsk People's Republic. As a result of air strikes, more than 270 nationalists were killed and 54 military units were disabled technology," Konashenkov said.
total stats
Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian armed forces have destroyed 172 aircraft, 927 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 3,139 tanks and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Konashenkov said.
"In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 172 aircraft, 125 helicopters, 927 unmanned aerial vehicles, 311 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,139 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 389 multiple rocket launchers, 1,548 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 2,997 units of special military vehicles," he said.
https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/14655245
May 18, 09:56 ; Updated 10:16
Russian Defense Ministry: air defense systems shot down Ukrainian Su-25 and MiG-29 aircraft
Major General Igor Konashenkov announced the destruction of 15 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and the interception of eight Smerch MLRS shells
MOSCOW, May 18. /TASS/. Su-25 and MiG-29 aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were shot down within 24 hours by Russian air defense systems. This was announced on Wednesday by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense (MO) of the Russian Federation, Major General Igor Konashenkov.
"Russian air defense systems shot down one Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft over the settlement of Trypillia in the Donetsk People's Republic. In addition, a MiG-29 of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down near the settlement of Kamennaya Yaruga, Kharkiv region," he informed.
According to Konashenkov, 15 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were also destroyed and eight Smerch MLRS shells were intercepted.
Rocket troops and artillery
Konashenkov noted that the missile troops and artillery of the Ground Forces during a special operation in Ukraine hit about 650 targets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day.
"The missile forces and artillery hit 76 command posts, 421 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment, as well as 147 artillery and mortar units at firing positions, including a Ukrainian battery of 155-mm M777 howitzers manufactured by the United States near the settlement of Podgornoye. In the area In the settlement of Protopopovka, Kharkiv region, a pontoon crossing built by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to cross the Seversky Donets River was destroyed," he said.
He emphasized that the Russian Aerospace Forces hit the headquarters of the Ukrainian territorial defense in Donetsk Soledar, two Su-24s in the Dnieper region and an S-300 division in the Nikolaev region with high-precision missiles.
"During the day, high-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit two command posts, including the headquarters of the territorial defense in the area of the Soledar point of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as 31 areas of concentration of manpower and Ukrainian military equipment, including the location of units of foreign mercenaries from European countries in Nikolaev and Krasnogorovka," Konashenkov said.
According to him, two Ukrainian S-24s were also destroyed at a military airfield near the Dnieper. "Also destroyed <...> in the area of Nikolaev, a division of Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as four depots of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Ugledar, Pokrovskoe, Soledar and Bakhmut of the Donetsk People's Republic," he added.
Destruction of three command posts and a warehouse
Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit three command posts and an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, more than 270 nationalists were killed in a day, the major general noted.
"Operational-tactical and army aviation hit three command posts, 41 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as an ammunition depot near the village of Vuhledar in the Donetsk People's Republic. As a result of air strikes, more than 270 nationalists were killed and 54 military units were disabled technology," Konashenkov said.
total stats
Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian armed forces have destroyed 172 aircraft, 927 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 3,139 tanks and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Konashenkov said.
"In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 172 aircraft, 125 helicopters, 927 unmanned aerial vehicles, 311 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,139 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 389 multiple rocket launchers, 1,548 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 2,997 units of special military vehicles," he said.
https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/14655245
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flamming_python
killing an operator of artillery is a big deal , this are people that takes months to train in the use of artillery.. 
