The Russian army continues, today, Tuesday, Striking the positions of Ukrainian troops and military infrastructure and liberating the Donbass lands As part of its military operation, which was launched on February 24, while Kyiv continues to receive material support and military equipment.
In the latest field developments, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the destruction of a camp for foreign fighters and a radar station for the S-300 missile system of the Ukrainian army in Mykolaiv.
In its daily statement, the ministry said that the Russian Air Force destroyed 4 ammunition depots, missile stores and command posts of the Ukrainian army in 18 regions, with high-precision missile strikes. The statement added that the air defense systems shot down 3 drones and intercepted 3 ballistic missiles in Kherson and Kharkiv.
Russian Defense Minister Sergio Shoigu said increasing the West’s supply of weapons to Ukraine would prolong the conflict. He added that the military operation in Ukraine will continue until the goals set by Putin are achieved. He added that the weapons sent by the West to Ukraine are being sold on the black market.
The reconstruction of Ukraine will cost regarding 750 billion dollars, according to the estimate of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who called – during the Lugano Conference in Switzerland – to provide international assistance to his country for its reconstruction.
Zelensky speaking at the Lugano Conference
In the latest developments, the head of the Russian province of Kursk reported that border points in the Glushkovsky district of the province were subjected to new bombardment by Ukraine.
He wrote on his Telegram page: “This morning, artillery shelling began once more on border settlements in the Glushkovsky district. The shelling was recorded in the village of Markovo, and shells exploded once more in the village of Teutkino. The shelling continues. I will provide other details later.”
On Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that Ukrainian forces deliberately bombed the territories of the Kursk and Belgorod regions with “Tochka-O” missiles and using Reis drones. The ministry indicated that the bombing targeted residential neighborhoods where there are no military installations.
This comes as the Russian Federal Prison Service denied information published by several media outlets regarding the detention of fighters of the Ukrainian nationalist “Azov” battalion in the “Lefortovo” prison in Moscow.
An official response from the authority to the request of the Russian “Novosti” news agency in this regard stated: “In response to your request, we report that the persons mentioned in the request are not present in the Sizu-2 detention center (“Lefortovo prison”).
On Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry accused the Ukrainian forces Mining the entrances to the schools in which they are holed up in the Donetsk regions and Odessa regionpreparing sniper points to fire from them, and booby-trapping bridges in Sumy Province.
The head of the Russian National Defense Control Center, Mikhail Mezintsev, announced that the Ukrainian forces in Sherebinovka, Donetsk Republic, at School No. 21 on Dzerzhinsky Street, prepared firing positions and sniper points.
He also said that the paths leading to the building were mined, while the residents were deliberately not informed of this, as he put it.
Ukrainian forces took new defensive lines in the east, on Monday, in preparation for a difficult new phase in the war, while President Vladimir Putin declared Russia’s victory in the months-long battle of Lugansk.
Russia’s capture of Lyschansk on Sunday brought an end to one of Europe’s biggest battles in generations, which had seen Moscow bring all its ground force to change over a small front-line enclave for two months.
The battle complements Russia’s conquest of Luhansk Province, one of two regions Moscow is demanding ceded to separatists in the Donbass region by Ukraine.
