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2022-04-17 15:32:16 #demilitariZation

Mi-28n helicopters’ crews of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroy military equipment and facilities of AFU

During the flight mission, the position of an anti-aircraft missile system of the AFU was detected and its crew fired on one of the helicopters.

The crew fired off thermal traps and performed an anti-missile manoeuvre, evading the missile.

Helicopter crew fired a missile at an enemy SAM position and destroyed it.

The crews also destroyed the camouflaged positions of AFU units in the wooded area.

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2022-04-17 14:49:16 Russian servicemen deployed the restoration and repair point for equipment

The uniqueness of this repair base is that it is not located in the rear of the troops, but practically on the front line.

Due to this, the evacuation leg of equipment for repair and restoration is no more than 15-20 kilometers, which reduces the time of its repair and restoration.

Observing all the principles of camouflage, Russian servicemen can carry out work of any complexity thanks to modern maintenance and repair machines, as well as highly qualified servicemen of repair units.

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2022-04-17 13:48:06 #MoD_art @mod_russia_en Open / Comment

2022-04-17 13:13:11 Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry (video)

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2022-04-17 11:21:38 Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry (Part 2)

During the offensive to liberate Mariupol city, a special operation to free hostages held by Ukrainian Nazis in Turkish mosque was carried out in Primorskiy district on April 16 at the request of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

As a result of the courageous actions of the Russian special operations group, the mosque was released and 29 militants, including foreign mercenaries, were killed.
Hostages, citizens of a CIS country, released and taken to a safe location.

A Ukrainian group encircled and completely blockaded in Mariupol on the territory of the Azovstal plant has been asked to voluntarily lay down arms and surrender in order to save their lives.

However, the Kiev nationalist regime, according to the radio intercept, forbade negotiations on surrender, ordering Azov Nazis to shoot on sight any willing to lay down arms among Ukrainian soldiers and foreign mercenaries.

In total, according to the Ukrainian servicemen who surrendered, up to 400 foreign mercenaries are now encircled on the territory of Azovstal plant as part of the Ukrainian grouping.

Most of them are citizens of European countries as well as Canada. We previously reported that radio conversations between militants in Mariupol were conducted in six foreign languages. In the case of further resistance, they will all be eliminated.

Since the start of the special military operation, the Kiev nationalist regime has brought 6,824 foreign mercenaries from 63 countries to Ukraine.

The largest group came from Poland - 1,717 people. About 1,500 mercenaries came from the US, Canada and also Romania. From the UK and Georgia, each up to 300 people.

193 people arrived from Turkish-controlled areas of the Syrian Arab Republic.

The majority of the mercenaries are now deployed in Ukrainian groups in Kiev, Kharkov, Odessa, Nikolaev and Mariupol. Their deployment in the groups is handled by the "regional coordination headquarters" of the so-called "International Legion of Defence of Ukraine" in Belaya Tserkov city.

As a result of the hostilities, the number of mercenaries has steadily declined and currently stands at 4,877.

Russian Armed Forces have eliminated 1,035 foreign mercenaries in combat operations. Another 912 mercenaries refused to take part in the hostilities and escaped from the country.

Let me remind you that foreign mercenaries do not have the status of "combatants" under International Humanitarian Law. They came to Ukraine to make money by killing Slavs. So the best that can happen to them is criminal liability and long terms of imprisonment.

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2022-04-17 11:21:35 Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry (Part 1)

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

During the night, high-precision air-based missiles destroyed an ammunition factory near Brovary in Kiev region.

Operational-tactical and army aviation hit 68 military assets of Ukraine. Among them:

2 radar stations for target illumination and targeting of S-300 anti-aircraft missile system near Krivaya Luka and Krasnoarmeisk as well as 1 Osa AKM anti-aircraft missile system near Severodonetsk;

6 missile-artillery weapons and fuel depots, as well as 40 areas of concentration of Ukrainian military equipment and manpower in Kremennaya, Krasnyi Liman, Kolodesi, Torskoe, Yampolovka and Novoselovka.

Army aviation hit 4 concentrations of manpower and equipment as well as a convoy of vehicles on the march during the night. More than 50 Ukrainian servicemen, 7 IFVs and APCs and 14 armoured vehicles were destroyed.

Missile troops and artillery struck 814 assets, including 17 command posts, 111 artillery firing positions and 684 enemy strong points and areas manpower concentration.

Russian air defence means shot down 10 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles near Avdeevka, Bairak, Lozovaya, Malaya Kamyshevakha, Novoprokofievka, Pologi, Chernobayevka, Shirkoe and Yasinovataya.

In total, 134 aircraft, 470 unmanned aerial vehicles, 249 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2,290 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 254 multiple launch rocket systems, 992 field artillery and mortars, as well as 2,166 units of special military vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed during the operation.

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2022-04-17 10:01:50 Residents’ testimonies

"...'Beloved' Ukrainian soldiers were firing mortars every day just at residential areas. I got caught up in this shelling. Just throwing them wherever they can..."

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2022-04-17 09:04:10 Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry (video) (April 16, 2022)

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