Russia says it has hit 1,146 military installations in Ukraine since Feb 24

Russia on Monday said that it had hit nearly over a thousand military installations in Ukraine since the beginning of the “special military operation” in the eastern European country on February 24.

Major General Igor Konashenkov, the spokesperson for Russian Ministry of Defence, released a statement saying that the country’s forces had hit 1,146 military installations in Ukraine over the past week.

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“31 command posts and communication centers, 81 S-300, Buk M-1 and Osa anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as 75 radar stations [were hit]. Operationally, tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit six columns of armored vehicles of the Ukrainian armed forces,” said Konashenkov, shedding details on the targets.

“[Additionally], 311 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 42 aircraft and helicopters (including on the ground), 51 multiple launch rocket systems, 147 field artillery pieces and mortars, 263 units of special military vehicles were destroyed,” the Major General further said.

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Konashenkov went on to issue an update on the operation, saying that Russian forces had moved deeper into the pro-Russian Donbas region in eastern Ukraine.

“The grouping of troops of the Luhansk People’s Republic during the day continued to conduct offensive operations in the direction of the settlement of Kremennoye, moving forward for another 3 kilometers. In the past day, the units of the Armed Forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic advanced 16 kilometers and captured the settlement of Zamozhnoye,” the Major General said.

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The statement further claimed that 110 Ukrainians had voluntary laid down their arms in the past 24 hours of fighting.

The update on Russia’s activities in Ukraine comes on a day when envoys from both sides met to discuss cessation of hostilities. With no agreement reached at the end of the meeting, President Volodymyr Zelensky submitted an official bid for Ukraine to join to join the European Union (EU). While both sides have hinted at further talks in the near future, it remains to be seen when hostilities come to an end.