Russia Intensifies Attacks in Ukraine, Targets Military Positions

A NATO-supplied missile depot was destroyed during the operation, the Russian Defense Ministry said

Armed Forces Russia Intensified attacks on military positions Ukraine. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a highly accurate strike was carried out on a base in Sukhoi. “Removal of up to 200 players” And “More than 10 armored vehicles”.

This Sunday (July 17, 2022), Russian Defense Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said that the country’s air defense intercepted 8 Uragan and Himars rockets in the Izium, Davria and Alchevsk regions in the past 24 hours.

In addition, aircraft and artillery neutralized 21 command posts, 189 military personnel and military concentration areas in the region.

In Odesa, a storage facility for Harpoon anti-ship missiles was provided by the country to Ukraine. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was attacked by Russian air defense missiles.

Russian aviation shot down a Ukrainian Mi-17 over Slavyansk and a Su-25 over Krakow. In Dmitrenko, a Ukrainian ballistic missile was intercepted.

According to the ministry, since the start of the war in Ukraine, a total of 257 aircraft, 140 helicopters, 1,558 drones, 355 air defense missile systems, 4,084 tanks and armored vehicles, 747 combat vehicles, 3,151 artillery pieces and artillery pieces, and 4,379 units of military equipment.

A new phase

War in Ukraine Entered a new phase After winning Luhansk By the Russians July 3. Now the President’s Army Vladimir Putin It is trying to advance in neighboring Luhansk province.

The Ukrainian army maintains defensive lines in Donetsk, where it still controls key cities.

Conquering eastern Ukraine is considered Russia’s strategy. Besides an outlet to the Black Sea, it also provides access to the Crimean Peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014.

Since the conflict began on February 24, Russia has recognized Luhansk and Donetsk as independent and demanded that Ukraine hand over the region to pro-Moscow separatists living in the region.