Russian troops have seized control of a military base near the captured city of Kherson, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Releasing video footage of the seized base, the ministry revealed that Ukrainian soldiers left in a hurry leaving ammunition behind. The Ukrainian military base is situated in the Radensk region of Kherson Oblast.
“Russian servicemen took control of a Ukrainian armed forces’ military base near the village of Radensk in the Kherson Region,” the ministry said in a tweet. “The Ukrainian military left their positions in a hurry, leaving the base with equipment, weapons and ammunition,” it added.
The Ukrainian base was most certainly used for training marines, sappers, signalmen, tankers and artillerymen, according to TASS News Agency.
In the aftermath of the takeover, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that they have received over 4,500 thousand tons of ammunition, rocket shells for multiple launch rocket systems, as well as mortar ammunition and high-explosive fragmentation shells from the base.
In Addition, they also recovered Ukrainian T-64 and T-80 tanks, armoured personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, Ural vehicles, and ammunition depot including mines and mortars.
