The mayor of Vasylkiv confirms on Facebook that the airport was destroyed by Russian missiles at 7 a.m. local time on Saturday morning, Ukrainian media reported. Runways are also said to have become unusable and an ammunition depot has exploded.
According to Russian information, their own forces and those of the separatists from Luhansk and Donetsk have again taken towns in eastern Ukraine. Units of the “People’s Militia” from Donetsk advanced 9 kilometers, the Russian armed forces a total of 21 kilometers and the groups of the People’s Republic of Luhansk, so called by Russia 6 kilometers. The Russian military information could not be verified.
Donbas Region
When the war started on February 24, the separatists controlled about 30 percent of the Donbas region. According to Ukrainian data, 70 percent of the Luhansk region is already in Russian and separatist hands. The Russian army recently reported that almost the entire Luhansk region had been taken.
According to the Russian ministry, another five combat drones were shot down. According to the Russians, about 3,500 pieces of military infrastructure in the country have been destroyed so far, including more than 1,000 tanks and other armored military vehicles. Russia justified the attack on Ukraine, among other things, by saying that it wants to demilitarize the country.