Russia’s offensive in eastern Ukraine intensifies; High-precision ‘Onyx’ missiles launched in Donbass
Russia launched precision-guided cruise Onyx missiles in a sign of an increased attack on Ukraine, which Russia has called “phase two” of its military campaign.
As Moscow continues its offensive against Ukraine after withdrawing forces to the north, however, it is understood that the offensive in the eastern Donbass region has intensified. On Wednesday, Russia launched precision-guided cruise Onyx missiles in a sign of an increased attack on Ukraine, which Russia has called “phase two” of its military operations.
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Footage accessed by Republic TV showed that Russian Bastian missile crews launched Onyx missiles from two facilities in Ukraine off the Black Sea Coast, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
In particular, the Onyx missiles are capable of flying along a predetermined trajectory and bypassing air defense areas. These supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles are usually launched from coastal installations, naval ships or fixed-wing aircraft. The P-800 Onyx is also known as the Yakhont.
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Russia fires precision cruise missile
On 1 April, Russia retaliated against an allegation of shelling an oil depot in Belgorod, Ukraine, with the Onyx advanced coastal missile system. The missiles destroyed the headquarters of the Ukrainian troops group in the area of the village of Shekharskoye.
According to the statement issued by the Russian Defense Ministry, 40 personnel, 5 armored vehicles and vehicles for various purposes were destroyed.
The latest video released by the Russian Defense Ministry also comes days after Russia fired an advanced Bastion missile system from Ukraine’s coastal military infrastructure. Previously, Russia had fired hypersonic missiles against Ukraine “at least for one instance”, US intelligence confirmed.
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The Kinjal hypersonic missile was fired from “relatively close range” on 19 March at a large arms depot in the Ivano-Frankivsk region in western Ukraine, destroying the Russian Defense Ministry’s military radio and reconnaissance centers near the Ukrainian port city of Odessa. Had given. Spokesperson Igor Konashenkov had claimed.
In short, the Russo-Ukraine War was started by Russian President Vladimir Putin on 24 February. Previously, Moscow violated international law and the Minsk Agreement by unilaterally identifying two of Ukraine’s Donbass regions as “independent”. Since the outbreak of the Russian attack, the UN refugee agency estimated that around 10.7 million have been internally and externally displaced in Ukraine amid rampant attacks.
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As of Sunday, data from border agencies indicated that 42,15,047 people from Ukraine moved to neighboring European countries since the start of the Russo-Ukraine war on Ukraine. The agency said the speed and scale of the exodus from Ukraine surpassed any mass movement since World War II.
Russia’s offensive in eastern Ukraine intensifies; High-precision ‘Onyx’ missiles launched in Donbass
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Comma in number indicating amount of people that moved out of Ukraine is in a wrong place: 42,15,047. It gives wrong impression of the actual amount of people since total population of Ukraine is about 44,000,000. The number should read 4,215,047.