The militants of the territorial defense of Ukraine shot a group of servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the retreat, said during a briefing on July 28, the representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

“During the retreat on July 25 from the settlement of Pokrovskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the remnants of the 15th battalion of the 58th motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine came under heavy fire and were shot by militants of the 118th territorial defense brigade, who occupied the positions of the second echelon in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Bakhmutskoye,” he said.

The representative of the defense department also said that Russian troops destroyed several groups of Ukrainian military with high-precision weapons.

In particular, the Aerospace Forces (VKS) of the Russian Federation attacked the point of temporary deployment of the battalion of the 72nd mechanized brigade in the Artyomovsk region, as a result of which up to 70 personnel and more than five armored vehicles were destroyed.

  • The official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Major General Igor Konashenkov, on the progress of the special operation in Ukraine

In addition, as a result of strikes with high-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces on the combat positions of Ukrainian troops in the Kherson region, the battalion of the 60th Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine completely lost its combat capability.

“In the past 24 hours alone, more than 130 servicemen of this unit have been liquidated,” Konashenkov noted.

Attacks on military infrastructure

Aviation, rocket troops and artillery continue to strike at military facilities on the territory of Ukraine.

Over the past 24 hours, nine command posts were hit, including the 68th Infantry-Jäger Brigade on the territory of the DPR, the 53rd Mechanized Brigade in the Zaporozhye region, the 28th Mechanized Brigade in the Kherson region, as well as manpower and military equipment in 173 districts .

Along with this, six ammunition depots were destroyed in the DPR and the Mykolaiv region.

In the Kramatorsk region, a Su-35S fighter of the Russian Aerospace Forces neutralized a Ukrainian launcher of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system.

As part of the counter-battery fight, two batteries of multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) "Hurricane" in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe settlement of Krasny Oktyabr, a battery of MLRS "Grad" and an artillery battery of howitzers "Msta-B" in the Seversk region were hit.

During the day, five artillery platoons of D-20 guns and nine artillery platoons of D-30 guns located in the DPR, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions were also eliminated.

During the day, air defense systems destroyed three Ukrainian drones and intercepted two Alder MLRS shells in the DPR, as well as nine Uragan MLRS shells in the DPR, Kherson and Kharkiv regions.

In total, since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine, 260 aircraft, 145 helicopters, 1,625 drones, 359 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,172 tanks and other armored combat vehicles have been destroyed.

In addition, Russian troops hit 764 MLRS combat vehicles, 3,207 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 4,515 units of special military vehicles.

Information reports from the DNR and LNR

On the morning of July 28, the People’s Militia of the DPR announced that a platoon of the BM-21 Grad MLRS, one M777 howitzer, three trucks and more than 40 personnel were destroyed by the joint actions of the DPR servicemen and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

At the same time, the DPR stressed that the Ukrainian side continues to terrorize the civilian population, striking residential areas and civilian infrastructure.

Over the previous day, Kyiv shelled the territory of the DPR 146 times, firing 842 ammunition.

The People's Militia of the LPR, in turn, stated that during the offensive operations over the past day, the units of the republic destroyed up to 45 enemy personnel, three armored personnel carriers, six units of special military equipment and two long-term firing points.

"Four servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine made the right decision - they laid down their arms, thereby saving their lives," the People's Militia of the LPR added.