Almost 3,000 military installations destroyed in Ukraine - Russian Defense Ministry

MOSCOW. March 10 (Interfax) - The Russian military says it has destroyed almost 3,000 military installations in Ukraine.

"As a result of strikes carried out against Ukraine's military infrastructure, 2,998 military installations were destroyed," the ministry's spokesperson Igor Konashenkov told a briefing on Thursday.

He said that over the past 24 hours Russian tactical aircraft had destroyed 68 installations, including two sites of the Ukrainian troop control system, 12 material and technical support centers and three Osa air defense missile systems.

"Russian air defense weapons destroyed in mid-air one MiG-29, three Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and one Tochka-U tactical missile," Konashenkov said.

"In total, since the start of operation Ukraine's military losses have amounted to: 98 aircraft, 110 UAVs, 144 antiaircraft missile systems, 88 radar posts, 1,007 tanks and other fighting armored vehicles, 109 multiple rocket launchers, 374 field artillery weapons and mortar launchers, 793 units of special military automotive equipment," the spokesperson said.