On August 10, the Russian Defense Ministry showed footage of the work of the calculations of the self-propelled artillery installation (ACS) "Msta-S", which hit the equipment and positions of Ukrainian militants.
Russian intelligence officers found a fortified enemy point within the settlement. To strike at the radicals, high-precision Krasnopol ammunition with a homing head was used, which allows you to accurately hit small targets.
"It is on hidden targets, because immediately from the first projectile there is no need for any targeting. It immediately breaks through the wall and detonates inside," said Denis, the battery commander.
The ministry stressed that the use of this high-precision projectile makes the tactics of Ukrainian neo-Nazis to use civilians as human shields meaningless.
On the same day, the Russian Defense Ministry showed footage of the calculation of the multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) "Grad" . After the MLRS calculation received data from intelligence and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), it moved to firing positions and struck at the positions of the radicals. The positions of the militants were destroyed by precise strikes of the Grads.
The special operation of the Russian Federation to protect the population of the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics continues in Ukraine and in the Donbas, the beginning of which was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24. Moscow explained that its tasks include demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine. On April 19, the Russian side announced the beginning of the next stage of the military operation — "the complete liberation of the Donetsk and Lugansk republics."
The situation in the region significantly worsened 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 appealed to Moscow for help. On February 21, the President of the Russian Federation signed a decree recognizing the independence of the DPR and the LPR.
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