Chief Spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence of the Russia Igor Konashenkov gave a briefing on the activities of the Russian army in the war between Russia and Ukraine. Spokesperson Konashenkov stated that the artillery training center of the Ukrainian army near Stetskovka in the Sumi region of Ukraine was hit with high-precision air-launched missiles. “The foreign trainers who had arrived in the centre held practical exercises for Ukrainian servicemen related to using and firing control of M777 155-mm howitzers. In addition, a missile attack has resulted in destroying a permanent base of foreign mercenaries near Dachnoye, Odessa Region”, Konashenkov said. In addition to that, Chief Spokesperson Konashenkov announced that Russian air defence means have shot down a military transport airplane of the Ukrainian Air Force that was transporting armament and ammunition near Odessa. “In addition, 17 unmanned aerial vehicles have been destroyed over the past 24 hours,” Konashenkov said.
On the other hand, Chief Spokesperson Konashenkov announced that since February 24, 187 airplanes and 129 helicopters, 1,104 unmanned aerial vehicles, 328 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,406 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 466 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,769 field artillery and mortars, as well as 3,405 units of special military vehicles of the Ukraine Armed Forces were destroyed in total during the operation.