MOSCOW, May 3 — RIA Novosti. Supersonic cruise missiles "Onyx" destroyed hangars with foreign weapons in Odessa, said the official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov.
He explained that the Russian military struck a logistics center at a military airfield, through which foreign weapons were delivered.
"Hangars with Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as missile weapons and ammunition received from the United States and European countries have been destroyed," the general said.
In addition, high-precision air-launched missiles hit six Ukrainian military facilities: a protected command post, an ammunition depot near the village of Slatino and four areas of concentration of manpower and equipment, Konashenkov continued.
Rocket troops attacked the command posts of the 81st Airmobile Brigade in the Valley area and the 77th Territorial Defense Brigade near Podolovka in the Kharkiv region. In the area of Kulbakino (Mykolaiv region), the launcher of the S-300 complex was destroyed.
Air defense units shot down a Tochka-U missile, two Smerch MLRS shells and six Ukrainian drones overnight — in the area of Berezovka (Odessa region), Borshcheva and Cherneshchyna (Kharkiv), Periwinkle (Kherson) and Mikhaylovka (DPR).
Operational-tactical and army aviation hit 69 strong points, areas of concentration of manpower and equipment, gunners — 54 firing positions, 38 strong points and 195 areas of concentration of manpower and equipment.
On February 24, Russia launched a special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin stressed, its goal is "to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years." According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian military strikes only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, the civilian population is not in danger. The main purpose of the operation in the department called the liberation of Donbass.
