Original title:[The 40th day of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict]Odessa was hit by cruise missiles again, and a Russian Su-35 fighter was shot down
Based on the contents of the two briefings issued by the Russian Ministry of Defense on April 3, since the start of the military operation on February 24, the Russian armed forces have destroyed 1,918 tanks and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian army, 814 various types of artillery and mortars, and 209 guns. Multiple rocket launchers, 1,789 special military vehicles and 224 anti-aircraft missile systems shot down or destroyed 386 drones. According to the briefing, three drones were shot down by the Russian armed forces in the past day. On the same day, the Russian armed forces used long-range guided weapons to paralyze the Barovnoye airport in Nikolayev parish, destroying the apron and The oil depot at the airport, the Russian Ministry of Defense also said, “paralyzed the Ukrainian Air Force Aviation and Air Defense Early Warning and Command Center” to the Vasilkov Air Force Base in Kyiv Oblast.
With the withdrawal of Russian troops in the northwest and northeast of Kyiv, the “List of Russian Armed Forces Losses” released by Ukraine continues to rise. As of April 3, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine announced on social media that there have been 18,000 Russian The army was “killed”. In the “list” from March 26 to April 3, it also claimed to have “destroyed 7 short-range ballistic missile launch vehicles of the Russian army”. During the period from April 2 to 3, this number was It went from 4 to 7. Since there is no evidence that the Russian armed forces have ballistic missile launchers entering Ukraine to fight, it is not clear what these results refer to.
Oil depot in Odessa area hit by Russian troops again
According to local media and social networking site news on April 3, Odessa on the western Black Sea coast of Ukraine was hit again. The oil depots, refineries and other facilities in the area were hit by missiles and set on fire. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Russia used sea-based Caliber cruise missiles and air-launched cruise missiles to destroy a refinery and three fuel depots in the Odessa region, which Russia believes provide fuel for Ukrainian armed forces in the Nikolayev area supply.
The Russian Air Force Su-35 fighter was damaged for the first time, and the Ukrainian side claimed to have captured the Russian pilot
Multiple sets of photos and videos from social networking sites show that another fighter jet of the Russian Aerospace Forces was shot down near the Irping area of Kharkov during the daytime on April 3. Judging from the photos of the wreckage, it can be basically determined. It is a Su-35S fighter jet. This is also the second loss of fixed-wing fighter jets by the Russian army in recent weeks. It is also the first combat loss in the history of Su-35S. Local Ukrainian media said that the Ukrainian armed forces captured the parachuting Su-35 pilot. In the first two weeks of Russian military operations, the Russian army also lost at least one Su-30SM fighter and two Su-34 fighter-bombers.
The wreckage of the downed Russian fighter plane, the “front and rear demarcation line” of the radome and the flat tail without the headless airspeed tube are the important features of the Su-35. Source: social mediaGermany says it will “continue to supply arms” to Ukraine, this week it will decide to expel a group of Russian diplomats
On April 3, German Defense Minister Christina Lambrecht said in a broadcast on Germany’s ARD television channel that Berlin was providing Kyiv with a “continuous” supply of weapons, after Germany handed over former East German stocks to Ukraine. More than 2,000 Soviet-made 9K32 “Arrow” 2 man-portable air defense missiles, but Ukrainian soldiers who used these missiles complained that the actual state of these man-portable missiles was not good, and some of them were even “unable to fire”.
According to German media reports, Germany will decide to expel Russian diplomats this week. Bild reported the matter under the headline “Schultz wants to drive out Putin’s spies”. German Chancellor Schultz is currently discussing the matter. to evaluate. RIA Novosti said in a report reprinted that the German side is discussing the “expulsion of 100 diplomatic employees of the Russian embassy and consulates”.