🇷🇺🇺🇦 Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry (video)

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▫️Bastion coastal missile system from the Black Sea launches Onyx high-precision missiles at military infrastructure facilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

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🇷🇺🚛Russian servicemen deliver more than 60 tonnes of humanitarian aid to residents of Izyum, Kharkov region

▫️Local residents had been waiting for this aid for several days, being without communication, light, heat and food.

▫️Families with children were provided with the necessary aid as a matter of priority. The population received basic necessities and food packages.

▫️Local residents thanked the Russian servicemen for their assistance.

▫️Due to the incessant shelling by the Ukrainian armed forces and nationalist battalions, Izyum residents with young children are forced to hide in basements, bomb shelters and makeshift shelters.

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🇷🇺🚌Russian Armed Forces have evacuated over 300 civilians from Aleksandrovka and Stanislav, Kherson Region

▫️These settlements have been subjected to shelling by units of the Ukrainian armed forces for over a week now.

▫️Russian servicemen provided first aid to some of the residents wounded by the shelling right on the spot.

▫️In the near future, all the evacuees will be provided with the necessary assistance to reach their relatives in Kherson region or will be given the opportunity to evacuate to the territory of the Russian Federation.

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⚡️Russian Defence Ministry denies statements made by Kiev regime about an alleged missile attack on the railway station in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Region

▫️All statements by representatives of the Kiev nationalist regime about an alleged missile attack by Russia on the railway station in Kramatorsk city on April 8 are a provocation and are absolutely untrue.

▫️The Russian Armed Forces did not have or plan to carry out any firing missions in Kramatorsk city on April 8.

▫️We emphasize in particular that Tochka-U tactical missiles, the wreckage of which was found near the Kramatorsk railway station and published by eyewitnesses, are used by Ukrainian Armed Forces only.

▫️On March 14, 2022, a similar Tochka-U missile of Division of 19th Separate Missile Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the centre of Donetsk, killing 17 people on the spot and injuring another 36 civilians.

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⚡️Statement by Russian Defence Ministry

▫️In order to accuse Russia of an alleged missile strike on Kramatorsk railway station, Kiev regime has posted on social media pictures of Tochka-U missile launchers that took part in "Union Courage 2022" Russian-Belarusian exercise in February.

▫️Please note, all photos published by Kiev from "Union Courage 2022" exercise show non-Russian missile systems.

▫️Tochka-U tactical missiles whose wreckage was found near Kramatorsk railway station are used only by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

▫️According to clarified information, the strike on Kramatorsk railway station was carried out by missile division of the Ukrainian armed forces from area of Dobropol’e, 45 kilometres south-west of the city.

▫️The aim of Kiev regime's strike on the railway station in Kramatorsk was to disrupt the mass exit of residents from the city in order to use them as a "human shield" to defend Ukrainian armed forces positions, as in many other Ukrainian population centres.

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🇷🇺Personnel on combat service support to units during the special military operation

▫️Combat service support units provide all the necessary items to the Russian troops participating in a special military operation on a daily 24-hour basis.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry

▫️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine.

💥On April 8, high-precision air-based missiles destroyed a large depot of missile and artillery weapons near Nimirovskoe, Odessa Region. Aviation equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was also destroyed at the Kanatovo military airfield in Kirovograd Region.

✈️💥Operational-tactical aviation hit 54 military assets of Ukraine. Among them 1 command post, 2 fuel depots, a field ammunition depot, 2 multiple rocket launchers, as well as 45 strong points and areas of Ukrainian military equipment concentration.

💥Russian air defence means shot down a Ukrainian Su-27 aircraft in the air near Novomikhailovka.

📊In total, 126 aircfaft, 421 unmanned aerial vehicles, 2,024 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 225 multiple launch rocket systems, 876 field artillery and mortars, as well as 1,923 units of special military vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed during the operation.

❗️Today, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck Kramatorsk railway station with Tochka-U tactical missile.

▫️Tochka-U tactical missile, the wreckage of which was found near Kramatorsk railway station, is only used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

▫️I would like to point out that the maximum range of Tochka-U missile is 120 km. The warhead weighs 482kg and contains 20 fragmentation warheads, each 7.5kg, forming around 16,000 fragments.

▫️An analysis of the engagement radius of the warhead, as well as the characteristic position of Tochka-U missile's tail section, clearly confirm that it was launched from a south-western direction away from Kramatorsk.

▫️According to intelligence reports, one of the divisions of the 19th Missile Brigade armed with Tochka-U missile systems at the time of the strike on Kramatorsk was located near Dobropol'e in Donetsk Region, 45 km south-west of Kramatorsk.

▫️This area is still under the full control of the Ukrainian military grouping troops in Donbass.

❗️I would like to stress that the Ukrainian Armed Forces still possess a significant arsenal of Tochka-U missiles.

▫️Before the start of the special military operation, the Kiev regime had 20 Tochka-U missile systems with 2 launchers each.

▫️During the special military operation, 8 Ukrainian Tochka-U rocket launchers and around 90 per cent of the missiles at the arsenals were destroyed.

▫️Nevertheless, the threat by the Kiev regime of continued provocations and missile attacks on populated areas with civilians remains high.

❗️A joint operation by grouping of troops of the Donetsk People's Republic and units of the Russian Armed Forces to fully liberate Mariupol city is continuing.

▫️The results of radio intercepts show that in addition to Nazis from the Azov battalion and remnants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, there is a significant number of foreign mercenaries in the occupied areas of the city. In addition to Ukrainian and Russian, radio communications are conducted in six other, mostly European, foreign languages.

▫️It is clear that it is not the defenders of so-called "European values" who are now blockaded in the city, but foreign mercenaries. Arriving to kill Slavs for American dollars, using a "human shield" made up of civilians.

▫️Kiev's nationalist regime has refused to withdraw fighters from Mariupol.

▫️With this in mind, the city will certainly be liberated by the troops of the Donetsk People's Republic and units of the Russian Armed Forces.

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▫️Maximum range of Tochka-U missile is 120 km. The warhead weighs 482kg and contains 20 fragmentation warheads, each 7.5kg, forming around 16,000 fragments.

▫️An analysis of the engagement radius of the warhead, as well as the characteristic position of Tochka-U missile's tail section, clearly confirm that it was launched from a south-western direction away from Kramatorsk.

▫️According to intelligence reports, one of the divisions of the 19th Missile Brigade armed with Tochka-U missile systems at the time of the strike on Kramatorsk was located near Dobropol'e in Donetsk Region, 45 km south-west of Kramatorsk. This area is still under the full control of the Ukrainian military grouping troops in Donbass.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦Statement of the Joint Coordination Headquarters for Humanitarian Response in Ukraine (April 8, 2022)

▫️The Russian Federation takes a daily initiative to the Ukrainian side to exchange prisoners.

▫️On April 5, 2022, an agreement was reached with the Ukrainian side to exchange 251 servicemen. Within 24 hours, the number of prisoners of war was steadily declining. As a result, the list agreed at the last stage included only 38 servicemen, which was rejected by the Ukrainian side without explanation.

▫️At the same time, the Russian Federation prepared 251 Ukrainian POWs in full, including transporting them to the source area for the exchange.

▫️During April 6 and 7, 2022, the Russian side declared an exchange format of 251 people for 251, while the Ukrainian side kept reducing the lists and eventually rejected the exchange.

▫️The prisoner-of-war exchange planned for April 8, 2022, due to the fault of the Ukrainian side, once again failed to take place. The Ukrainian authorities overnight repeatedly changed the format of the exchange and reduced the number of prisoners of war declared for exchange, planned exchange was subsequently rejected by the Ukrainian side also without explanation.

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⚡️⚡️ Foreign Ministry statement on Ukraine’s strike at Kramatorsk.

On April 8, the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) committed yet another war crime by striking a railway station in Kiev-controlled Kramatorsk with a Tochka-U tactical missile.

Dozens were killed and over a hundred injured.

🕯 We convey our deep condolences to the families and friends of the deceased.

🚫 The choice of the target was not random – the Kiev regime is striving to maximise the number of civilian victims.

Their murders in Donbass have become standard practice for Ukrainian armed units in the past eight years. By cynically killing civilians in cold blood, Kiev is trying to blame Russia for its own crimes in order to discredit Moscow’s special military operation to defend the DPR and the LPR.

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❗️ We urge the international community to objectively evaluate the crimes committed by Ukrainian units, to stop supplying them with arms and prompt Kiev to renounce its unacceptable methods of hostility.

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⛔️Russian Defence Ministry denies statements made by Kiev regime about an alleged missile attack on the railway station in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Region.

📸In order to accuse Russia of an alleged missile strike on Kramatorsk railway station, Kiev regime has posted on social media pictures of Tochka-U missile launchers that took part in "Union Courage 2022" Russian-Belarusian exercise in February. All photos published by Kiev from "Union Courage 2022" exercise show non-Russian missile systems. Tochka-U tactical missiles whose wreckage was found near Kramatorsk railway station are used only by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

▫️An analysis of the engagement radius of the warhead, as well as the characteristic position of Tochka-U missile's tail section, clearly confirm that it was launched from a south-western direction away from Kramatorsk. This area is still under the full control of the Ukrainian military grouping troops in Donbass.

💥 High-precision missiles of Bastion coastal missile system have destroyed the Foreign Mercenary Collection and Training Centre near Krasnoselka, northeast of Odessa. High-precision air-based missiles destroyed a large depot of missile and artillery weapons near Nimirovskoe, Odessa Region. Aviation equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was also destroyed at the Kanatovo military airfield in Kirovograd Region.

◽️ The results of radio intercepts show that in addition to Nazis from the Azov battalion and remnants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, there is a significant number of foreign mercenaries in the occupied areas of the city.

▫️ Kiev has once again disrupted the prisoner exchange. The Ukrainian authorities repeatedly changed the format of the exchange overnight and then rejected the possibility of the exchange without giving any reasons.

◽️ Ukrainian nationalists continue to hold 6,362 foreign nationals from 13 countries hostage as human shield.

🚛 In Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics and Kherson Region, 197 tonnes of essential goods and food have been handed over to the population. Russian servicemen evacuated over 300 civilians from the combat zone in Kherson Region.

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🇷🇺 Russian Federation Armed Forces' Engineer Troops cleared unexploded ammunition from farmland and the territory of the village after shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

▫️All the ammunition discovered by Russian military engineers was destroyed in a safe, designated area.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry (video) (April 8, 2022)

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