Russia reported destruction of platoon of American howitzers M-777 in Ukraine

The Russian armed forces during the “special military operation” in Ukraine destroyed a platoon of American howitzers M-777 in the village of Pervomaisky Kharkov region. This was announced today at a briefing by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

“, as part of the counter-battery struggle, the battery of the reactive systems of salvo fire in the area of ​​Slavyansk, the platoon of the RSOs in the area of ​​Nikolaevka” Donetsk People’s Republic “, as well as the artillery platoon of the US Gausti in fire positions in the village of Pervomaisky Kharkov region”, was destroyed. – quotes the representative of the Ministry of Rosbalt.

In general, Konashenkov specified, from the beginning of the “special military operation” (from February 24, 2022) 249 Ukrainian aircraft, 137 helicopters, 1 thousand 534 unmanned aerial vehicles, 354 anti -aircraft missile systems, 4 thousand 50 tanks were destroyed. and other military armored vehicles, 744 combat vehicles of the rocket launch rocket system, 3 thousand 145 guns of field artillery and mortars, as well as 4 thousand 292 units of special military vehicles.