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March 28, 2022

Russia claims to destroy Ukraine ammunition warehouse

Russian Defense Ministry

Briefing of the Ministry of Defense of Russia (28.03.2022 )

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue a special military operation in Ukraine.

💥 Large ammunition warehouses were destroyed by high-intentional winged missiles of the marine base “Kalibre” in the areas of USHOMIR and VESELOVKA of the Zhytomyr region, from which a group of Ukrainian troops was supplied in the suburbs Kiev.

💥 During the day of March 28, three more Ukrainian Air Force aircrafts were shot down in the air by Russian aviation and anti-aircraft defense means: two Su-24 – west of the KOROSTEN settlement in Zhytomyr region and one Su-25 – over the population of P Druzhkovka in Donetsk region.

💥 In the area of MARIUPOL, five kilometers away from the coastline over the Sea of Azov, a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter crashed, heading for an emergency evacuation of its subordinate commanders of the Azov National Battalion.

💥 In addition, one Ukrainian drone aircraft crashed in the area of the CHERNOBAYEVKA settlement.

💥 Within a day, 41 military objects of Ukraine were struck by operational and tactical aviation.

▫️Among them: two installations of the ground fire jet system, one radio e-fighting station, two field ammunition warehouses and 24 support points and the center of Ukrainian military equipment.

📊 In total, since the beginning of a special military operation, 123 planes and 74 helicopters, 309 unmanned aircraft, 1721 tanks and other combat armored vehicles, 172 installations of base fire jet systems, 721 field weapons oh artillery and mortar, as well as 1568 units of special military automobile equipment.

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