Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said at a daily briefing that Ukraine had lost combat control of its air force and air defence
“During the operation, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed 137 S-300, Buk M-1″ and S-125 air defence missile systems. This is more than 90 per cent of the medium- and long-range anti-aircraft missile systems in service. Eighty-one Ukrainian air defence radar posts have been destroyed. This resulted in the loss of combat control of Ukraine’s aviation and air defence”, – he said.
Now the air defence system of the Ukrainian forces is only focal and is not capable of substantially countering Russian aviation. Thanks to this, the Air Force destroyed 49 military facilities of the AFU on March 9 alone:
– 2 control points;
– 6 anti-aircraft missile systems;
– 4 ammunition and fuel depots;
– 37 weapons and military equipment staging areas.
A total of 2,786 Ukrainian military infrastructure facilities have already been destroyed during the operation:
– 953 tanks and other armoured vehicles;
– 101 multiple rocket launchers;
– 351 pieces of field artillery, including mortars;
– 718 pieces of special military equipment;
– 93 drones.