Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Sunday that high-precision missiles fired by Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian corvette on Saturday night near the Odessa region.
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“Overnight, high-precision aerial missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the command post of a mechanized brigade in the Pyatikhatka region of the Kharkov region and the communications center of the Chervonoglinskoye military airfield in the area of the Kharkov settlement. Artsyz. In addition, a Ukrainian Navy project 1241 corvette was destroyed in the Odessa region,” the official said.
The corvette was Tarantul class, according to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) classification, developed in the 1970s and equipped with four anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles.
Similarly, the colonel general explained that two Su-24 bombers and a Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopter were shot down on the island of Zmeíny, near Odessa.
As part of the military operation deployed by Russia in Ukraine, this Saturday the aviation attacked 130 Ukrainian military objects, including three command points and two artillery ammunition stores.
In addition, the Russian air defense intercepted a Bayraktat TB-2 drone in the Odessa area. Another 56 command posts, 32 artillery fire positions, 415 areas of concentration of troops and military equipment, as well as two S-300 air defense systems were bombed.