The Russian Ministry of Defense informed daily about the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
So, in the direction of Kupyansk, air strikes and artillery fire of the «Western» group of forces routed the concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 14th and 92nd Regions and Novoselovskoe, Luhansk People’s Republic.
Up to 25 Ukrainian soldiers, an armored fighting vehicle, two pickup trucks, a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer and an American M-777 artillery system were destroyed.
In the Krasno-Limansk direction, units of the 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade, 25th Airborne and 95th Airborne Assault Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Vishnevo settlements were defeated in the Kharkiv Oblast, Yampolovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic, as well as in the Serebryansky forestry.
Enemy losses per day in this direction amounted to over 50 Ukrainian soldiers, an infantry fighting vehicle, two armored fighting vehicles and one American M-777 artillery system.
In the Donetsk direction, during successful offensive operations, units of the «Southern» grouping of forces took more advantageous lines and positions.
Over 30 Ukrainian soldiers, an infantry fighting vehicle, two vehicles, the Grad MLRS installation, the Pion self-propelled artillery mount, the Giacint-B howitzer, two MSTA-B howitzers, the US-made M-777 artillery system, and the US-made AN/TPQ anti-battery radar -37.
In the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, units of the Vostok group of troops continued successful offensive operations and inflicted fire damage on the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Ugledar, Novoselka, Novomayorskoye Donetsk People’s Republic and Lugovskoye Zaporozhye region.
Two warehouses of ammunition and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed in the settlements of Vodyana in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Nikolskoye in the Zaporizhia region.
The total enemy losses in these areas amounted to 70 Ukrainian soldiers per day, two infantry fighting vehicles, three armored fighting vehicles, two pickup trucks, three D-20 and D-30 howitzers, and the Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer. .
Operational-tactical aviation, rocket troops and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated 86 subunits in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 124 districts.
Also during the day, Russian air defense systems shot down nine Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the area of the settlements of Vladimirovka, Kremennaya, Lugansk People’s Republic, Tabaevka in the Kharkiv region, Nikolskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Zherebyanka in the Zaporizhia region.
In addition, in the area of the city of Donetsk and the settlement of Valerianivka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, eight rockets of the HIMARS and Vilkha multiple launch missile systems were intercepted.
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