https://t.me/mod_russia_en/208

Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry

▪️The grouping of troops of the Lugansk People’s Republic, developing the offensive, are moving forward from several directions inside Severodonetsk.

▪️Units of the Donetsk People’s Republic are fighting for the capture of Maryinka. The advance was 2 kilometers.

▪️On the morning of March 16, high-precision long-range weapons attacked Ukraine’s military infrastructure. As a result of the strike, communication, retransmission and switching hubs were disabled in Vinnytsa.

???? During the day, aviation and air defence means of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down 1 Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopter Sarany, as well as 6 unmanned aerial vehicles.

✈️???? Operational-tactical and army aviation hit 34 military assets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Among them: 1 multiple launch rocket system, 3 command posts, 1 electronic warfare station, 7 ammunition depots and 19 areas of military equipment concentration.

???? In total, 180 aircraft and helicopters, 166 unmanned aerial vehicles, 1,367 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 132 multiple launch rocket systems, 502 field artillery and mortars, as well as 1,156 units of special military vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed during the operation.

❗️We know for sure that with the support of Western countries, the Ukrainian Security Service is preparing a provocation with the use of toxic substances against civilians.

▪️The purpose of the provocation is to accuse Russia of using chemical weapons against the population of Ukraine.

▪️I want to officially state that the units of the Russian Armed Forces involved in the special military operation do not have chemical munitions.

▪️The Russian Federation, unlike the United States, has long fulfilled its international obligations by completely destroying all chemical weapons stockpiles.

▪️To prevent any provocations of Ukrainian nationalists with toxic substances, Russian servicemen in the liberated territory take dangerous objects under control and ensure their safety.

▪️I will add that among the combat documentation captured by us in the 4th brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard, there is a detailed map of the territory of Ukraine with objects and types of toxic substances stored on it. Therefore, any attempt of Ukrainian Security Service provocation with the use of toxic substances will be revealed.

❗️We have repeatedly mentioned facts about the atrocities of nationalists terrorizing civilians for any disobedience or attempts to leave settlements.

▪️Today, footage of civilians killed in Chernihov, who were supposedly “shot by Russian servicemen,” was circulated on all propaganda resources of the Kiev regime. It was stated that all victims were allegedly queuing for bread.

▪️I would like to stress the absence Russian servicemen in Chernihov.

▪️All units of the Russian Armed Forces are outside Chernihov, blocking roads, and are not conducting any offensive actions on the city.

▪️There are no traces of ammunition explosions on the video footage replicated by Ukrainian propagandists. All windows in nearby buildings are intact. There is no damage to the walls, there are no other traces of an explosion on the ground.

▪️Thus, all the dead people – victims of the terror of Ukrainian nationalists or these video footage – are another stage of the Security Service of Ukraine. We would like to draw your attention to the fact that simultaneously with Ukrainian Internet resources, this fake was published on the official pages of the US Embassy in Ukraine on social networks without any verification and obtaining evidence.

▪️At the same time, the embassy itself, as you know, has already been relocated from Kiev, to Lvov. And it does not notice how Russian servicemen deliver and distribute hundreds of tons of humanitarian aid to residents of Chernihov region in settlements liberated from nationalists.

 SELECT COMMENTS
  • AndrewK on March 16, 2022  ·  at 1:36 pm EST/EDT

    Russians should add one more demand in case of capitulation of Ukraine. Ukies should publicly recognise that they created thousands of fakes and apologise.

    The Russians have said that there will be a separate tribunal to deal with war propaganda.
    The precedent for that is the case of Julius Streicher.
    Andrei

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    • AndrewK on March 16, 2022  ·  at 2:18 pm EST/EDT

      Azov Nazis have blown up building of Drama Theatre with explosive devices planted in the basement. Also in the very same basement, they kept civilian hostages. Now, they are putting the blame on Russians for deaths of those hostages.

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    • Breger on March 16, 2022  ·  at 2:29 pm EST/EDT

      According to Telegram Channel Colonelcassad the Theatre had been taken by Azovites as headquarters, also trapping there numerous civilian hostages. The location was revealed by one Azovite that flee to the DPR forces, then the butchers of Azov relocated quarters and blow the building. Inmediately western MSM blamed russians, same for the alleged “russian massacre” Chernihiv (were currently there is not RF in the city itself)

      Information available in

      t.me/s/boris_rozhin

      (in russian but with option of automatical translation to english, at least in my equipment)

  • Jerry22 on March 16, 2022  ·  at 1:52 pm EST/EDT

    Will Russia and Putin be able to roll up the oligarch-warlords and their TV stations? Kolomoisky lives in Switzerland Israel? What about Pinkchuk and the rest? This vermin needs to be arrested if possible and any money or assets in the Ukraine need to be seized. George Webb on Twitter and formerly youtube for years has been exposing Kolomoisky, Bidens, and all the others involved in looting the Ukraine and Kolo’s Azov nazi battalion.

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  • LordBaldric on March 16, 2022  ·  at 1:59 pm EST/EDT

    It’s been over 3 weeks. I think it’s high time the Russian forces cleared out at least the DPR/LPR areas immediately. This tiptoeing around is CAUSING the Western powers to get interested in sticking their noses in where they don’t belong!

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  • PokeTheTruth on March 16, 2022  ·  at 2:14 pm EST/EDT

    Why does Russia bother to record the truth about all the atrocities committed by the Ukrainian Nazi’s and their political handlers in the west? It’s not like the U.S./NATO/EU syndicate will ever allow the facts in evidence be submitted for examination in the court of public opinion. So what is the point?

    We see the U.S. has not abated the amount of vitriol against the Russian Federation but instead, magnified its intensity. Even the Papist in Rome tries to seduce the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church with secret promises that betray our belief in the Blood of Christ. In this time we have to choose either God or Satan, whether to bow in servitude to the Prince of Darkness, or sacrifice our human mortality to save our souls on our personal Day of Judgment.

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