Russia Claims To Have Destroyed Over 70 Military Targets In Ukraine, Including 11 Airfields

Russian air attacks attacked military facilities around the country while ground forces rushed in from the north, south, and east, prompting outrage and threats of severe sanctions from World governments.
Russia’s military announced Thursday that it had struck more than 70 military targets, including 11 Ukrainian airfields.

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74 Ukrainian military members have been killed as a result of Russian military strikes.” On Thursday, Russia’s military confirmed the destruction of over 70 military targets, including 11 Ukrainian airfields. “74 Ukrainian military ground sites were damaged as a result of airstrikes conducted out by Russian armed forces,” said Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the defense ministry.

The S-300 and Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile systems destroyed 11 airfields, three command posts, and 18 radar sites.

According to him, a Ukrainian military chopper and four drones were also taken down.

Separatist forces, according to Konashenkov, are continuing their onslaught with Russian military air support.
He claimed that “armed nationalist organizations” are currently putting up the opposition, stating that the Ukrainian military intended to evacuate the conflict zone.

Sergei Shoigu, the Russian Defense Minister, had ordered Russian forces to “treat Ukrainian soldiers with respect,” he added.
After a nationwide address broadcasted at around 5:40 a.m. local time on Thursday, Putin launched an attack on Ukraine.

According to AFP sources, the first shelling was heard immediately after in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, and numerous other places.

At least 68 people were killed, according to an AFP assessment based on several Ukrainian state sources, including military and civilians.
Authorities say 18 people were murdered at a military outpost in Ukraine’s Black Sea port city of Odessa in the country’s bloodiest single strike.