Swedish army: 4 Russian fighter jets violated the country's airspace
The Swedish Armed Forces said that 4 Russian army combat aircraft violated the country's airspace, and the urgent news was reported by the "Sky News" news channel in its English language edition today, Wednesday, without elaborating on more.
Russian military operations on Ukrainian territory entered their first week, with the announcement of the complete control of the Ukrainian city of Kherson by the Russian forces, which began their advance in the Ukrainian east on February 24, declaring that their operations came to protect civilians in the Donbass region, which includes the republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, which Moscow recognized this month. past their independence.
And on Wednesday morning, the spokesman of the Russian Armed Forces, Major General Igor Konashenkov, announced that the Russian units of the armed forces had taken full control of the territorial center of the Ukrainian city of Kherson.
Konashenkov said in the ministry’s statement: “Russian units of the Armed Forces have taken full control of the territorial center of Kherson.. During the military operation our forces hit 1,502 military targets, 51 command posts were disabled, 38 anti-aircraft defense systems S-300, Buk M-11 and Osa, 51 radar stations, 47 aircraft on the ground and 11 aircraft in the air, 472 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 62 multiple rocket launchers, 206 pieces of field artillery and mortars, 336 units of special military vehicles, and 46 unmanned aerial vehicles have been disabled.
The Russian Defense Ministry stated that the Russian armed forces imposed their control over the towns of Tokmak and Vasilievka, after the soldiers surrendered voluntarily and laid down their weapons.
"Ukrainian soldiers from Tokmak and Vasilievka regions will return home after signing a pledge to refuse to participate in the battles," she added.
On the other hand, the Russian Defense Ministry said that its forces succeeded, through their "high-precision weapons", in destroying the broadcast equipment of the Kyiv TV tower, in order to "suppress media attacks against Russia," as the ministry statement described.
In Ukraine, the Ukrainian newspaper "Verkhovnaya Rada" reported that problems with television broadcasting of Ukrainian channels were observed after the explosion in the Kyiv TV tower, and backup broadcasting will be operated in the near future.
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