The head of the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Mikhail Mezintsev, announced on Monday that the neo-Nazis have mined containers that include a rare type of dangerous gas at a chemical plant in Lysechhansk. They held employees and civilians hostage, with the aim of pinning the blame on Russia. 

Russian Armed Forces destroy batches of US military weapons

The Russian Armed Forces have destroyed a large batch of weapons and military equipment being delivered from the USA and European countries to a group of Ukrainian troops near the Malin railway station in Zhytomir Region using high-precision, long-range sea-based Kalibr missiles.

The air-based Russian missiles have destroyed fuel storage intended for the Ukrainian nationalists' armored vehicles near Odessa. Furthermore, operational-tactical and army aviation have hit 4 command posts, 47 areas of AFU manpower and military equipment concentration, as well as 1 ammunition depot near Drobyshevo. 

In addition, the Russian air defense units have shot down another Ukrainian Air Force Su-25 aircraft near Novoaleksandrovka, Kherson Region. On the ground, the missile troops and artillery have hit 77 command posts and 602 areas of AFU troop and military equipment concentration, including 1 training camp for AFU special operations forces with personnel near Lake Sasik in Odessa Region, 43 artillery and mortar units in firing positions, 2 MLRS Grad batteries, 10 ammunition depots, and 1 Buk-M1 anti-aircraft system launcher near Mayaki in Kharkov Region. 

Moreover, some 174 Ukrainian aircraft and 125 helicopters, 966 unmanned aerial vehicles, 315 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,182 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 402 multiple launch rocket systems, and 1,614 field artillery and mortars, as well as 3,054 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed since the beginning of the operation.

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