attacks on infrastructure
Moscow reports killing of 600 Ukrainian soldiers
5/5/2022 12:39 p.m
According to its own statements, the Russian army shelled numerous strategically important targets in major Ukrainian cities during the night. It is said that more than 600 Ukrainian soldiers were killed by artillery fire alone. Attacks are also said to have taken place in the Donbass.
According to the Russian military, 600 Ukrainian fighters were killed and 61 combat vehicles destroyed in artillery attacks in Zhovtneve district overnight. The shelling hit several positions and fortified structures belonging to the Ukrainian armed forces, said the spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov, in his daily situation report in Moscow. According to this, the tactical air force and army aviation fired at 93 military objects during the night, and the artillery fired at more than 500 targets in total. Among other things, a fuel depot is said to have been destroyed.
In addition, other strategically important targets in major Ukrainian cities were fired at. “A huge ammunition depot was destroyed with high-precision missiles at the Kanatovo military airport near Kirovohrad and in the city of Mykolaiv,” Konashenkov said.
At the same time, air defenses shot down three fighter jets, a Su-24 over Snake Island, a Su-25 over Dnipropetrovsk region and a Su-27 over Kherson region. In addition, the Russian major general reported the shooting down of 14 Ukrainian drones, including a Bayraktar. The information might not be checked independently.
Ukrainian authorities also reported many civilian deaths and injuries following the massive shelling of several Ukrainian cities in the Donbass. “A rocket hit Kramatorsk injured 25 people, damaged 9 houses, a school and buildings of civil infrastructure,” said the head of the military administration of Donetsk region Pavlo Kyrylenko on his Telegram channel. According to Kyrylenko, Chasiv Yar, Mariinka and Avdiivka were also fired upon. At least one person died in Chasiv Yar. The governor of the Luhansk region, which was also heavily fought over, Serhiy Hajday, spoke of at least five dead as a result of the shelling of the cities of Sievjerodonetsk, Lysychansk, Hirske and Popasna.