Russian troops in the course of a special operation in Ukraine delivered a series of strikes, as a result of which up to 80 Polish mercenaries were destroyed.

This was stated in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

“The enemy continues to suffer significant losses.

As a result of strikes with high-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces on the buildings of the Megatex zinc plant in the village of Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, up to 80 Polish mercenaries, 20 armored combat vehicles and eight Grad multiple rocket launchers were destroyed, - said on Saturday, June 25, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

In addition, the Ministry of Defense stated that more than 300 Ukrainian servicemen and foreign mercenaries, 35 units of heavy weapons were destroyed in the Nikolaev region in a day.

According to the agency, employees of the Ukrainian army and territorial defense forces continue to refuse to perform tasks.

“The personnel of the 64th battalion of the 103rd territorial defense brigade, stationed in Lviv, refused to leave for the combat area in the Donbass due to the staffing of untrained reservists and the lack of heavy weapons,” Konashenkov said.

Meanwhile, the Russian armed forces continue to strike at the positions of the Ukrainian troops.

Operational-tactical and army aviation, rocket troops and artillery hit manpower and military equipment in 284 districts in a day.

Also hit were two depots of ammunition and rocket and artillery weapons in the area of ​​​​the settlement Volcheyarovka of the Luhansk People's Republic and artillery and mortar units in 43 districts.

Eight artillery platoons of the Uragan MLRS and two artillery platoons, which were shelling Donetsk and other settlements of the DPR, were hit by high-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Donetsk direction.

In addition, more than 780 nationalists, eight tanks and other armored combat vehicles, three Uragan MLRS combat vehicles, ten field artillery guns and mortars and 13 special vehicles were destroyed by air strikes, missile forces and artillery, the Russian Defense Ministry stressed.

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Air defense systems destroyed 21 Ukrainian drones, and also intercepted a Tochka-U ballistic missile and 16 multiple rocket launchers.

Since the start of the special operation in Ukraine, Russian troops have destroyed a total of 213 aircraft, 132 helicopters, 1,355 drones, 350 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,797 tanks and other armored vehicles, 670 multiple rocket launchers, and 3,012 field guns artillery and mortars and 3848 units of special military vehicles.

It should be noted that the People's Militia of the DPR on the morning of June 25 also reported the destruction by the forces of the republic and the RF Armed Forces of three howitzers M777, transferred to the Ukrainian military by Western countries.

Kadyrov - about the release of the industrial zone of Severodonetsk

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, in his Telegram channel announced the release of the industrial zone and the airport of Severodonetsk.

According to him, a group of civilians was released from the territory of the Azot plant.

“800 civilians were released from the territory of the Azot plant.

The airport is being cleaned from the remnants of gangs, its entire territory is controlled.

Work is also underway to clean up the settlement of Borovskoye, ”Kadyrov wrote.

He stressed that "one of the difficult points of the Ukrainian defense did not last long."

On the evening of June 24, it also became known about the blocking of the city of Lisichansk from the south by the Russian military from the group of troops "Center".

As stated in an urgent statement by the Russian Ministry of Defense, Russian military personnel broke through the well-prepared defense of Ukrainian formations.

It was also noted that the Southern Group of Forces completed the defeat of the encircled group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the mountain cauldron.