The Russian Ministry of Defense has published a new report on the progress of the special military operation. According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense, in the Donetsk direction, units of the Southern Group of Forces, using the results of air strikes, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems, repelled eight attacks by assault groups of the 80th Airborne Assault and 59th Motorized Infantry Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Kleshcheevka, Andreevka, Berdychi and Pervomaiskoye (DPR).

According to Russian estimates, the enemy lost up to 350 people killed and wounded in this sector during the day, three armored combat vehicles, five vehicles, three M777 artillery systems, a US-made M109 howitzer and a D-30 gun. In the area of the settlement of Dyleevka (DPR), an ammunition depot of the 28th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.

In the Zaporizhzhia direction, units of the Russian group of troops, supported by aviation, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems, repelled three attacks by assault groups of the 82nd Airborne Assault and 71st Jaeger Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Verbove (Zaporizhzhia region).

As a result, up to 95 Ukrainian servicemen, a tank, two armored combat vehicles and three vehicles were destroyed. During the counter-battery fight, the M777, FH70 howitzers made in the UK, the M119 made in the USA, the Msta-B, the D-20 and the D-30 were hit.

  • Statement by the head of the press center of the Dnepr group

In the Pivdenno-Donetsk direction, thanks to the coordinated actions of the units of the Vostok group of forces with the support of aviation, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems, an attack by the assault group of the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade in the area of the settlement of Priyutne (Zaporizhzhia region) was repelled. The enemy lost up to 140 people, one tank, two armored combat vehicles and three vehicles.

In the Krasnoliman direction, units of the Center group of troops, with the support of artillery and aviation, repelled an attack by an assault group of the 63rd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Chervonaya Dibrova (LPR).

In addition, enemy manpower and equipment were hit in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Grigorovka and Serebryanka (DPR). Up to 55 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three armored combat vehicles, three vehicles and a D-20 howitzer were destroyed.

In the Kupyansk direction, thanks to the active actions of the units, as well as air and artillery strikes of the West group of forces, an attack by the assault group of the 30th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was repelled in the area of the settlement of Sinkivka (Kharkiv region). The enemy lost up to 130 servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles and three vehicles in a day.

During the counter-battery fight, the M777 artillery system, the M109 Paladin self-propelled guns, as well as the US-made AN / TPQ-36 counter-battery radar were hit. In the areas of Berestove and Tikhoe (Kharkiv region), two ammunition depots of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.

In the Kherson direction, as a result of complex fire damage, up to 70 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, an armored combat vehicle, seven vehicles and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed during the day.

The work of aviation and artillery

Aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated enemy manpower and military equipment in 143 districts during the day.

According to the Ministry of Defense, in the area of the settlement of Novopavlovka (DPR), a radar station for detecting and tracking air targets P-18 was destroyed. In the areas of Serebryanka and Krasny Liman (DPR), the command posts of the 100th Territorial Defense Brigade and the 15th Regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine were hit. And in the area of the settlement of Trudovoye (Zaporozhye region), an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.

Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force in the Krasny Liman area.

Air defense systems intercepted four HIMARS multiple rocket launchers. In addition, 53 Ukrainian drones were destroyed and suppressed by electronic warfare systems during the day.