MOSCOW – Russia has evacuated more than 700,000 people from Ukraine to its own territory since its invasion began on February 24, according to Moscow’s military.
Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev of the Russian Defence Ministry said almost 27,000 people left for Russia on Saturday alone.
Mizintsev saidt 134,000 people had been rescued from the southern port city of Mariupol, which has been besieged by Russian forces since the beginning of March.
Meanwhile, Russian forces have destroyed an ammunition depot at the Myrhorod Air Base in central-eastern Ukraine, Interfax news agency reported quoting Russia’s Defense Ministry.
A Ukrainian air force MiG-29 fighter and a Mi-8 helicopter were also destroyed in the attack on the base in the Poltava region, ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.
He added that a large ammunition depot was also destroyed near the city of Novomoskovsk in the central-eastern Dnipro region.
Russia has hit 85 military targets in Ukraine, including two command posts, three rocket launchers, four self-propelled artillery guns, an ammunition depot and two logistics depots, among others.
Since Feb. 24, Russian forces have destroyed 650 aircraft, including jets and helicopters, and more than 2,000 tanks and armored vehicles in Ukraine, Konashenkov was quoting as saying by Interfax.
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