On June 5, Izvestia war correspondent Rodion Severyanov showed how the Russian military with the help of a copter destroyed the positions of Ukrainian nationalists in the Avdiivka direction.
The footage shows that the copter first recorded the location of the movement of Ukrainian neo-Nazis, after which their positions were destroyed with an artillery strike.
The Russian military successfully uses drones and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) during a special operation to protect Donbass. So, on May 18, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the successful destruction of the American howitzer M777 using the Cube kamikaze drone.
On March 20, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on the successful liquidation of Ukrainian armored vehicles using the Forpost UAV. High-precision missiles were used to destroy the enemy.
In the Donbass, a special operation of the Russian Federation to protect the population of the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics continues, the beginning of which Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24. Moscow explained that its tasks include the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine. On April 19, the Russian side announced the start of the next stage of the military operation – “the complete liberation of the Donetsk and Luhansk republics.”
The situation in the region escalated significantly in mid-February due to shelling by the Ukrainian military. The authorities of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics announced the evacuation of residents to Russia and turned to Moscow for help. On February 21, the President of the Russian Federation signed a decree recognizing the independence of the DNR and LNR.
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