In the area of ​​Kharkov airport, the Russian military destroyed a new foreign anti-aircraft air defense system. The coordinator of the Nikolaev underground, Sergei Lebedev, reported this in a conversation with RIA Novosti, citing colleagues.

“We arrived near the airport and hit a new foreign anti-aircraft air defense system; it detonated, but not with missiles,” he said.

According to his data, the military equipment of the Kyiv regime troops was hit by a Geranium unmanned aerial vehicle.

"Good morning. Kharkiv. At night, the drone either landed on its target, or was shot down near the airport, but here are two facts: somewhere there were members of the Security Service, and regularly a pickup truck with crosses could be seen leaving or entering from Gagarin in that direction. Fact two: the fire was accompanied by characteristic clicks of exploding rifle cartridges or something similar,” Lebedev cited a message from the Kharkov underground.

The day before, a report from the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that aviation, missile forces and artillery from groups of troops of the Russian Armed Forces in the area of ​​the city of Kharkov destroyed two French-Italian SAMP-T air defense missile launchers.

Cleaning up the village of Tonenkoye

In the Avdeevsky direction, special intelligence units of the Russian Armed Forces are conducting a clean-up operation on the western flank of the village of Tonenkoye, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to carry out a counter-offensive. RT military correspondent Sargon Khadaya is with the fighters.

Russian troops step by step are pushing the Ukrainian army beyond the borders of the village, destroying enemy fortifications and equipment.

Let us remind you that the village of Tonenkoye was liberated on March 21.

“Thanks to the courage and professionalism of our military personnel, over the past month the settlements of Nevelskoye, Orlovka, Tonenkoye, Krasnoye were liberated in the Donetsk People’s Republic, and the village of Mirnoye in the Zaporozhye region,” said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during a meeting of the board of the defense department on April 2.

"West"

According to the head of the press center of the "West" group, in the Kupyansky direction, units of the Western group of forces inflicted fire on the personnel and equipment of the 57th motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 103rd defense brigade in the Kharkov region.

Thus, during the counter-battery fight, the 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery unit, as well as four mortar crews, were destroyed. Air defense systems shot down a HIMARS multiple launch rocket system.

The enemy's total losses amounted to up to 130 military personnel, a T-64 tank, an AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station, two vehicles and three unmanned aerial vehicles.

  • Crews of D-30 howitzers destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry

Along with this, crews of D-30 howitzers of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Western Group of Forces of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry, dug in in their temporary positions, and their equipment in this section of the front.

“From receiving the target to firing the shot, the servicemen spent no more than two minutes. To help the fighters are drones, which every day reconnaissance and identify new targets, and if a decision is made to strike, they adjust artillery fire. The guns have a huge margin of safety, they are easy to use and unpretentious in maintenance. And that’s why the guys on the first line of contact always know: the “thirty” will cover you and won’t let you down,” the RF Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

Concert in the SVO zone

Honored Artist of Russia Alexander Marshal visited Ivanovo paratroopers in the Northern Military District zone.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the musician expressed words of support and deep respect for the unprecedented feat of arms demonstrated by the paratroopers on the battlefields.

The marshal also wished the military personnel victory over the enemy and sang songs from his repertoire that are well-known and beloved by many.

  • Honored Artist of Russia Alexander Marshal visited Ivanovo paratroopers in the North Military District zone