The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced another unsuccessful attempts by the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in three directions in the zone of the special military operation.

Thus, over the past day in the Donetsk direction, air and artillery strikes, as well as skillful actions of units of the Southern Group of Forces, successfully repelled nine attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Nevelskoye, Pervomaiskoye, Severnoye, Spirnoye and northwest of Kleshcheevka (DPR).

At the same time, near the settlements of Spirnoye, Avdiivka, Mayorskoye, Vesyoloye, Kurdyumivka and Krasnogorovka (DPR), manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated.

"During the fighting, up to 250 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, three armored combat vehicles, four cars, two pickup trucks, a Krab self-propelled artillery mount, a D-20 howitzer, as well as a US-made AN / TPQ-50 counter-battery radar were destroyed," the defense ministry stressed.

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On the Krasnoliman front, units of the Center group of forces, air strikes and artillery fire repelled three attacks near the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova and Karmazinovka (LPR). Units of Ukrainian formations were also defeated in the areas of the settlements of Nevskoye, Chervonaya Dibrova (LPR), Serebryanka and Terny (DPR).

In addition, in the area of the settlement of Terny, the activities of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were suppressed.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day amounted to 105 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, five armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks, Acacia and Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, as well as D-20 and D-30 howitzers.

In the Yuzhno-Donetsk direction, the coordinated actions of the units of the Vostok group of forces and artillery fire repelled the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Rivnopol (DPR): "The enemy was scattered and thrown back to their original positions."

In the Zaporizhzhia direction, aviation, artillery and crews of heavy flamethrower systems defeated units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Rabotino (Zaporizhzhia region). The enemy's losses amounted to 90 Ukrainian fighters, four tanks, 15 armored combat vehicles, five pickup trucks, a British-made FH-70 gun, as well as two D-20 howitzers and two Msta-B.

In the Kupyansk direction, aviation and artillery of the Western Group of Forces hit manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Sinkivka, Timkovka, Novomlynsk, Kislovka, Olshana, Kotlyarovka, Krasnoye Pervoe (Kharkiv region) and Stelmakhovka (LPR). As a result, up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, Msta-B and D-20 howitzers, as well as a US-made AN / TPQ-50 counter-battery radar were destroyed.

In the Kherson direction, more than 50 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, six vehicles, as well as a US-made M777 artillery system were destroyed. In addition, an ammunition depot of the 124th Territorial Defense Brigade near Antonivka (Kherson region) was hit.

Also, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit 75 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 94 districts, as well as two command posts of the 24th and 65th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Toretsk (DPR) and Orekhov (Zaporozhye region) during the day.

In addition, air defense systems shot down two Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the sky over the settlements of Sadove and Tyaginka (Kherson region). Three Storm Shadow cruise missiles and one HIMARS multiple rocket launcher were also intercepted, ten unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.