By Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-As the special operation continues in Ukraine, some clarification against disinformation of Russia's goals and purpose in the region.

Political statements by the leadership of the Russian Federation and friendly countries

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, in an interview with CNN, said that one of the goals of the Russian military now is to free Mariupol from nationalists. 

 
He also recalled the tasks of the entire special operation   denazification, neutral status, recognition of Crimea as part of Russia, and recognition of the LPR and DPR as independent states. 
 
There is no talk of any occupation of Ukraine. D. Peskov noted that the military special operation is going strictly according to plan. The Russian army does not strike at civilians and civilian objects.

Updates on the Situation in Ukraine

Units of the Russian Armed Forces, pursuing the retreating units of the 54th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, advanced another 4 kilometers during the day and reached Novomikhailovka.

The grouping of troops of the Donetsk People's Republic took control of Verkhnetoretskoe and continued to attack units of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 2 tanks, 5 infantry fighting vehicles, 3 field artillery guns and 7 all- terrain vehicles were destroyed.

On March 22, high-precision long-range long-range air and sea-based weapons attacked Ukraine's military infrastructure. Large fuel depots of Ukrainian troops in Lisichansk and Kramatorsk, missile and artillery weapons depot in Druzhkovka and ammunition depots in Nadezhdinka and Novoaleksandrovka were destroyed.

Air Force and Army aviation hit 83 military assets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Among them: 4 command posts, 4 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3 missile and artillery weapons depots, as well as 68 areas of military equipment stockpile.

The Russian air defence shot down 6 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the air, including 1 Bayraktar TB-2 near Merefa, Kharkov region.

In total, 236 unmanned aerial vehicles, 185 anti-aircraft missile systems, 1,547 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 154 multiple launch rocket systems, 612 field artillery and mortars, as well as 1,343 units of special military vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed during the operation.

Units of the Russian Armed Forces continue to destroy components of the 54th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Currently, they are fighting for the capture of Novomikhailovka.

The troops of the Donetsk People's Republic, having completed the cleaning of Verkhnetoretskoe from the nationalists, continued to pursue the retreating units of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and took control of Novobakhmutovka railway station.

During the night, 3 tanks, 2 infantry fighting vehicles and 6 all-terrain vehicles were destroyed in this area.

On the evening of March 22, high-precision long-range sea-based weapons struck an arms depot in Orzhev, 14 kilometers northwest of Rovno city. As a result of the strike, a large stockpile of weapons and military equipment of the Ukrainian troops, including those received from Western countries, was destroyed.

Army aviation and missile units hit 97 military assets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Among them: 2 launchers and 1 transport-loading vehicle of the Tochka-U tactical missile system in an industrial zone on the northern outskirts of Kiev, 8 anti-aircraft missile systems, including: 6 Buk-Ml, 1 S-300 and 1 Osa combat vehicle, 10 command posts, 8 field artillery guns, as well as 3 artillery reconnaissance stations of NATO manufacture.

The Russian Air Defence shot down 1 Su-24 near Izyum city, 16 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the air, including 3 Bayraktar TB-2 near Rozhin, Karashev and Maxim Gorky.

A group of "night hunters" consisting of Ka-52 and Mi-28n helicopters destroyed 8 tanks, 5 infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, 9 vehicles and towing trucks, 3 permanent fire position and 7 field artillery and mortars during night strikes.

In total, 184 aircraft and helicopters of the Ukrainian Air Force, 246 unmanned aerial vehicles, 189 anti-aircraft missile systems, 1,558 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 156 multiple launch rocket systems, 624 field artillery and mortars, as well as 1,354 units of special military vehicles were destroyed during the operation.

Crimes of the Ukrainian Nazis and the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation A.Bastrykin instructed the Main Investigation Department to investigate the circumstances of striking by the Armed Forces of Ukraine of settlements of the DPR, as a result of which 17 people were injured, including one child. Evidence is collected and recorded, and all persons involved are identified with a view to subsequently bringing them to justice.

Exposure of disinformation

On the Internet, the Security Service of Ukraine disseminates information (with audio recordings) about calls by Russian servicemen to their homeland with complaints about difficult conditions. In particular, they report that military doctors have only bandages, the soldiers do not have body armor, Russian aviation bombs Russian troops, there is no way to evacuate wounded soldiers.

In reality, servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces do not have cell phones or SIM-cards. Records sound like rehearsed monologues. Immediately after the indistinct greeting, the "Russian servicemen" begin to list all the troubles of their colleagues point by point, there are no personal questions or messages in the conversation.

Also, there are a lot of questions about the mass frostbite of personnel near Nikolaev. Now the temperature there during the day is +10-12 degrees, and at night it does not fall below +1.