Russian Ministry of Defense Ministry on special military operation in the Donbass:
– Resistance to the groups of troops of the LPR and DPR is now mainly provided by armed groups of nationalists;
– The military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to avoid clashes and agree on exit corridors without weapons. Shoigu ordered that they be treated with respect: unlike the nationalists, they took an oath and obeyed orders;
– DPR troops, advancing, advanced to a depth of up to 7 km. 14 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine surrendered to them – after signing a renunciation of resistance, they will be released;
– LNR troops in the offensive advanced another 1 km;
– 74 ground objects of the military infrastructure of Ukraine were disabled, including 11 airfields of the Air Force, three command posts, the base of the Ukrainian Navy, 18 radars of the S-300 and Buk-M1 air defense systems. A combat helicopter and four Bayraktar TB2s were shot down;
– the department stressed that they do not touch Ukrainian cities;
– as a result of a pilot error, the Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces crashed. The pilot ejected safely.
Russian Ministry of Defense Ministry on special military operation in the Donbass: