MOSCOW, June 7 — RIA Novosti. Over the past day, Russian gunners destroyed a 155-millimeter M109A3 self-propelled gun in Ukraine, transferred by Norway, and two American 155-millimeter M777 howitzers, said the official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov.
In addition, it was possible to eliminate seven field artillery guns and mortars, including a 203-millimeter self-propelled artillery installation "Peony".
According to him, since the beginning of the special military operation, 190 aircraft, 129 helicopters, 1,139 unmanned aerial vehicles, 333 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,443 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 478 multiple rocket launchers, 1,807 field artillery and mortars, as well as 3,464 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.
Russia has been conducting a military special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine since February 24. 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 army has already completed the main tasks of the first stage — it has significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main purpose of the operation in the department called the liberation of Donbass.
