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Ukraine's air force, air defenses almost completely destroyed: Russian MoD

Sergei Rudskoy, Russian General Staff Main Operational Directorate chief

25 March 2022 18:01 (UTC +04:00)

"Ukraine's air and air defence forces have been almost completely destroyed, and the country's navy has effectively ceased to exist," Russian General Staff Main Operational Directorate chief Sergei Rudskoy has said, APA reports citing Sputnik.

The campaign to demilitarize Ukraine is taking place via precision strikes against military infrastructure facilities, areas of deployment of formations of troops, as well as airfields, command posts, arsenals, and depots containing weapons and equipment, plus battles between Ukrainian and Russian forces, Rudskoy said in a briefing Friday.

Ukraine's armed forces have suffered losses amounting to 30,000 people, including 14,000 killed and 16,000 injured, according to the Main Operations Directorate chief. These losses have affected all 24 groupings of the ground units that existed before the operation began, Rudskoy said.