Russia destroys Ukrainian military facilities, kill 500 troops, others overnight

The Russian ministry of defence has issued its latest operational briefing across social media channels including Telegram.

It claims that overnight, four Ukrainian military facilities were hit by high-precision air-based missiles, including two ammunition depots in Kharkiv.

Russia also claimed it hit 87 military facilities in Ukraine, claiming to destroy 59 armoured vehicles, artillery pieces and vehicles and kill “about 500 enemy personnel”.

Two Ukrainian launchers of Buk-M1 and Osa AKM anti-aircraft missile systems were destroyed.

Again, two Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems, a Tochka-U tactical missile launcher and an electronic warfare station were destroyed near the village of Barvinkove, and  shot shot down 13 Ukrainian drones.

The claims have not been independently verified.