Briefing by the Russian Defense Ministry.

Over the past day, 265 militants from Azovstal laid down their arms and surrendered, including 51 seriously wounded.

High-precision Kalibr missiles in the Lviv region destroyed the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as shipments of weapons from the United States and European countries.

The Russian Aerospace Forces hit 2 control points, 28 areas of accumulation of infantry and equipment of the Armed Forces, 2 artillery depots and an electrical substation.

As a result of the strikes, more than 470 nationalists were destroyed, 68 units of military equipment were shot down.

9 control points, 93 areas of concentration of enemy manpower and military equipment, as well as three ammunition depots were hit by aviation.

6 control points, 224 areas of infantry and equipment accumulation, 16 batteries of batteries and two radar stations were hit by artillery.

The Russian air defense destroyed 23 Ukrainian drones and intercepted 8 missiles of the Smerch MLRS.

On May 16, from 10.00 to 11.00, Ukrainian nationalists from the SMERCH MLRS struck residential quarters of Kherson. Russian air defense intercepted all 10 shells.