Russia announces targeting of key operations centers for decision-making in Ukraine
File photo of elements of the Russian army in Ukraine.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Tuesday that "Russian forces targeted the main decision-making operations centers in Ukraine, which were preparing to carry out operations in Russia under the direction of Western intelligence," according to a ministry statement.
Sputnik quoted the ministry as saying in its daily report on the progress of the military operation: "The Russian armed forces carried out, during the past day, mass strikes using high-precision long-range weapons, targeting the main decision-making centers in Ukraine, where terrorist acts are planned on the territory of Russia, under the guidance of specialists in Western intelligence services. All identified sites have been hit."
The statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense added that units were targeted on the axes of southern Donetsk and Zaporozhya, in the areas of the towns of Velikaya Novoselka, Vremovka and Vladimirovka, in the Luhansk People's Republic, as well as in the areas of the towns of Malinovka, Beluguri and Kamensky in the Zaporozhye region, which led to the loss of the enemy about 140 military, during the past 24 hours, the destruction of 4 light military vehicles and the achievement of direct hits in a Ukrainian reconnaissance and sabotage unit.
The statement continued: "As a result of the fire targeting, the enemy's losses on the Kherson axis amounted to about 30 soldiers, an autonomous gun (Akatsya), and two howitzers."