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Russian cruise missiles continue to destroy military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with pinpoint strikes. In recent days, the southern region of Odessa, as well as the Kirovograd region, have been the main targets for Russian attacks.
On April 8, high-precision air-based missile destroyer a large depot of missile and artillery weapons near Nemirovskoye in the Odessa Region.
On April 7, high-precision missiles of the Bastion coastal missile system destroyed the AFU center used for training of foreign mercenaries deployed in the region. The military facility located in the area of Krasnoselka village northeast of Odessa.
Reinforcement of the AFU from the western regions of Ukraine, as well as foreign ‘volunteers’, were deployed in the Odessa region, waiting for the Russian major assault, which is yet to be launched.
The AFU confirmed that the Russians struck the Odessa region with three guided missiles launched from the territory of the Crimean Peninsula. Casualties were likely avoided.
” Two buildings were damaged, there are wounded, their number is being specified” – Vladislav Nazarov, officer of the AFU South operational command.
Another strike destroyed aviation equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the Kanatovo military airfield in Kirovograd Region on April 8.
The Russian Ministry of Defence shared the video showing a P-800 Onyx supersonic cruise missile missile launched by the Bastion coastal missile system from the Black Sea coast.
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The P-800 Oniks is a Russian supersonic cruise missile developed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya. It’s primarily designed to as an anti-ship cruise missile. However, it also can be used against land targets as it was demonstrated in Syria in 2016, when the Russian military used against ISIS targets.
The P-800 Oniks missile can be launched from warships, land mobile platforms and fixed-wings aircraft. The missile’s export version is designated the P-800 Yakhont.
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Bastion coastal missile system in action: a strike on terrorist positions in Syria
The Russian military has been using Oniks missiles to strike high-value military targets in southern Ukraine and the Donbass since the beginning of its special operation in Ukraine.
Despite Western claims that Russia is running out of missiles, the Russian military continues missile strikes on Ukrainian forces on a daily basis.
Earlier on April 1, in another pinpoint strike with a P-800 Oniks missile a large gathering of Ukrainian forces near the town of Shakhtars’ke in the Donbass region was eliminated. As a result, 40 Ukrainian fighters were killed. Five armored vehicles and other military equipment were also destroyed.
So far, 126 aircraft, 421 unmanned aerial vehicles, 2,024 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 225 multiple launch rocket systems, 876 field artillery and mortars, as well as 1,923 units of special military vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed during the Russian military operations, so far.
