MOSCOW, May 22. /TASS/. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov delivered a briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:* – Russian troops keep advancing towards the city of Avdeyevka, Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). Over the last day, they have destroyed three AFU combat vehicles, four armored personnel vehicles, two towed artillery pieces, as well as up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen;- Russian fighter jets destroyed five Ukrainian military facilities during an airstrike, including three ammunition depots in the DPR and two strong points in the Zaporozhye region;- Russian rocket troops and artillery have hit 39 command posts, 305 areas of AFU manpower concentration and military equipment, as well as nine artillery batteries;- Russian air defense systems have destroyed 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, and intercepted two Tochka-U tactical missiles in the Kharkiv region and two Smerch multiple rocket launchers in the Donetsk People’s Republic;- Ukrainian nationalists have shelled the village of Veselye in the DPR killing a civilian and wounding another;- The Russian Defense Ministry distributed to foreign media video footage showing Ukrainian soldiers captured in the city of Mariupol surrendering their weapons.Putin discussed matters of international security with Shoigu, Patrushev, and BortnikovRussian President Vladimir Putin discussed matters of international security, in particular the situation around Ukraine, with Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev, and Director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Alexander Bortnikov, the Kremlin press service said on Sunday.The Kremlin press service said in a statement that .
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