The main thing from the new statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense about the special operation:
- during the day, 15 enemy targets were hit by high-precision missiles.
Among them: in the areas of Barvenkovo, Rubizhnoye, Popasnaya, Novozvanovka, Krasnoarmeysk, Selidovo, Novobakhmutovka, six places of concentration of military equipment and seven strongholds of troops were destroyed;
- as a result of the strikes, more than 320 Ukrainian servicemen were killed and wounded, 23 armored vehicles and seven vehicles were destroyed;
- Russian aviation destroyed 67 areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment;
- Russian missile forces hit 317 military facilities, including 274 enemy strongholds and areas of concentration of manpower, 24 command posts and two field fuel storage facilities;
- Russian air defense in the Odessa region shot down a Ukrainian military transport aircraft delivering a large batch of Western weapons, as well as two UAVs over Lozova and Vesyola;
- the entire urban area of Mariupol was completely cleared of militants of the Nazi formation "Azov", foreign mercenaries and Ukrainian troops.
The remnants of the Ukrainian group are currently completely blocked on the territory of the Azovstal metallurgical plant. Their only chance to save their lives is to voluntarily lay down their arms and surrender.
In Mariupol at the time of its encirclement on March 11, there were: the 36th separate brigade of the marines, the 109th brigade of territorial defense, the 503rd separate battalion of the marines, a company of the 53rd separate mechanized brigade, units of the 17th anti-tank brigade, Nazi formations "Azov", "Aidar", "Right Sector" *, units of the police and the State Border Service, as well as foreign mercenaries.
The total number of this group was about 8100 people.
During the liberation of Mariupol, 1,464 Ukrainian servicemen have already surrendered. The number of those who surrender is increasing daily, including those who escaped from the territory of Azovstal. According to their testimonies, the total number of Ukrainian servicemen, Nazis and foreign mercenaries who took refuge at Azovstal does not exceed 2.5 thousand people.
Thus, on April 16, only in Mariupol, the losses of the Ukrainian group amounted to more than 4 thousand people. Therefore, Zelensky’s recent statements to the Western media that the irretrievable losses of the Ukrainian military during the operation allegedly amount to 2.5-3 thousand people are a common lie for him.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has reliable data on the true losses of the Ukrainian army, the National Guard and foreign mercenaries who arrived, about which Zelensky is afraid to tell the people of Ukraine.
Today, irretrievable losses amount to 23,367 people.
Separate data from Ukrainian documents on our losses, revealing the places of death and places of burial of the dead, we will soon publish.
* "Right Sector" is a Ukrainian association of radical nationalist organizations, recognized as extremist and banned in Russia (decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of 11/17/2014).
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