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Some Facts

On February 25 a spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Defence informed that its Armed Forces disabled 118 military facilities in Ukraine as part of the operation that began the day before. This included 11 airfields, 13 command posts and communication centres, 14 S-300 and Osa anti-aircraft missile systems and 36 radar systems.  As well, five combat aircraft, one helicopter, five drones, 18 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, seven multiple rocket launch systems, 41 units of special military vehicles and five warships were destroyed or otherwise disabled. 

The Ministry also informed that 150 servicemen from different Ukrainian units laid down their arms and surrendered during fighting in Donbass. It was also reported that in the early hours of Friday Ukrainian forces shot down a plane over Kiev which then crashed into a residential building, setting off a fire.

The UN agency for refugees on February 25 said more than 50,000 Ukrainians have fled their country in less than 48 hours since the start of the Russian military operation. The agency calculates that  there are 100,000 displaced people inside Ukraine.

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Volume 52 Number 2 - February 25, 2022

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