Ukrainian troops suffered large-scale losses as a result of the defeat in the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog and other directions after the offensive, carried out on the personal instructions of Volodymyr Zelensky.

This was stated in the Ministry of Defense of Russia.

“The effective actions of the Russian group of troops destroyed 48 tanks, 46 infantry fighting vehicles, 37 other armored combat vehicles, eight pickup trucks with heavy machine guns and more than 1.2 thousand Ukrainian military personnel in a day.

When repulsing the enemy offensive, Russian troops defeated units of the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine transferred to participate in the operation from Western Ukraine.

Five servicemen of this brigade laid down their arms and surrendered, ”said Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, during a briefing.

Earlier, the department reported that an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Nikolaev and Kherson regions in three directions "failed miserably."

The RF Armed Forces destroyed 26 Ukrainian tanks, 23 infantry fighting vehicles, nine other armored vehicles, shot down two Su-25 attack aircraft.

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Speaking about the course of the SVO, Konashenkov noted that as a result of strikes with ground-based precision weapons at a temporary deployment point and an ammunition depot of the 1st Tank Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Dnipropetrovsk region, more than 200 militants were eliminated, including about 40 foreign mercenaries, and more than 20 units of armored vehicles and a large number of artillery shells.

In addition, concentrated fire strikes were carried out at the point of temporary deployment of mercenaries from the Foreign Legion formation, as well as at the command post of the Kraken nationalist formation.

Enemy losses - 100 militants and seven pieces of military equipment.

“In the city of Krivoy Rog, Dnipropetrovsk region, the high-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the production workshops of the Intervzryvprom plant, which produced explosives and other products for the Ukrainian troops,” Konashenkov added.

During strikes by aviation, missile forces and artillery, three depots of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition were destroyed in the Rivne, Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkov regions.

Five command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit, as well as 52 artillery units, manpower and military equipment in 142 districts.

Russian air defense systems shot down five drones and intercepted three Ukrainian Tochka-U ballistic missiles in the air, as well as 53 MLRS shells, of which 44 were HIMARS, five were Alder systems, and four were Uragan systems.

The Kremlin once again emphasized that the special military operation in support of the Donbass republics is proceeding in accordance with the set goals.

This was announced by the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the statement by Vladimir Zelensky that Ukraine will return the territories that it considers its own.

“The special military operation continues, it continues methodically, it continues in accordance with existing plans.

All goals will be achieved,” he said.

Speaking about the publication of the American newspaper The Washington Post about the alleged delivery of Iranian drones to Russia, Peskov noted that this publication has recently been publishing a lot of stuffing.

“The Washington Post, unfortunately, has been publishing a lot of information stuffing lately.

As for our relations with Iran, you know, they are developing dynamically, they have developed before, they are developing now and will continue to develop,” the Kremlin spokesman explained.

  • APU tank in a destroyed position, June 2022

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Zaporozhye NPP

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation also noted that the Kyiv regime continues provocations in order to create a threat of a man-made disaster at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

So, on August 29, the Russian military intercepted four attack drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

“One of the drones fell on the roof of the building of special building No. 1, which stores American-made nuclear fuel and solid radioactive waste.

Damage and casualties were avoided.

In addition, over the past day, Ukrainian artillery fired two shells at the territory of the nuclear power plant, which exploded in the immediate vicinity of special building No. 1, ”Konashenkov said.

According to him, the Ukrainian artillery fired from positions in the Marganets region of the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russian Armed Forces suppressed the firepower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with return fire.

“The radiation situation at the Zaporozhye NPP remains normal,” he added.

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In turn, Dmitry Peskov expressed the hope that the announced IAEA mission to the Zaporizhzhya NPP would take place and take place "as agreed and agreed upon."

The press secretary of the President of Russia also expects that European countries will use their influence on Kyiv and forbid it to continue shelling the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

“We will continue to draw the attention of the entire world community to the irresponsible behavior of the Ukrainian military, which, by shelling the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, endangers this facility and nearby territories, and even in a much wider geography,” the Kremlin spokesman explained.