Russian troops destroyed the workshops of an armored plant in Nikolaev, where military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was being repaired, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said during a briefing.

Concentrated fire strikes on the combat positions of the 59th motorized infantry brigade in the Kherson region eliminated up to 100 servicemen and seven armored combat vehicles.

“In addition, in the city of Nikolaev, the workshops of the armored plant were destroyed, in which the military equipment of this unit was being repaired,” said Konashenkov.

Along with this, the RF Armed Forces destroyed more than 120 Ukrainian servicemen, three tanks and 12 vehicles during strikes against temporary deployment points of the 81st airmobile and 66th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region, as well as the 93rd mechanized brigade in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic .

In addition, more than 70 nationalists and more than 15 units of special military equipment and vehicles were destroyed by high-precision strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces at the points of temporary deployment of the 35th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 114th Territorial Defense Brigade in the Nikolaev region.

Aviation, artillery and missile forces hit six command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine located on the territory of the DPR, Zaporozhye and Nikolaev regions, as well as 49 artillery units, manpower and military equipment in 142 districts in a day.

Along with this, five warehouses of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition were destroyed on the territory of the DPR, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions.

Russian aviation shot down a Ukrainian Su-24 aircraft.

The air defense forces shot down 12 drones, two American anti-radar missiles HARM and 27 shells of the American multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) HIMARS and Alder in a day.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, since the beginning of the special operation, 295 aircraft, 155 helicopters, 2,007 drones, 375 anti-aircraft missile systems, 5,038 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 839 MLRS combat vehicles, 3,403 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 5,719 units of a special military vehicle have been destroyed. technology.

Situation at ZNPP

Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry noted that the Ukrainian side continues provocations to create a threat of a man-made disaster at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

In particular, during the day, five artillery shelling of a thermal power substation located in close proximity to the ZNPP was recorded.

Also on russian.rt.com, the head of the Energodar CAA said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are striking in the immediate vicinity of the ZNPP

“In total, 24 artillery shells were fired from the settlement of Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, controlled by the Kyiv regime.

One of the technical buildings was damaged.

Artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, shelling the territory of the nuclear power plant, were suppressed by return fire, ”the Russian Defense Ministry said.

At the same time, the department emphasized that the radiation situation at the Zaporozhye NPP is normal.

Russian Guard against artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The Russian Guard stated that during aerial reconnaissance on the territory of the Lugansk People's Republic using drones, targets were detected, the coordinates of which were transferred to Russian artillery units.

As a result of the artillery fire that followed, the Grad MLRS and the enemy field artillery gun were destroyed.

Along with this, the servicemen and employees of the Russian Guard, together with the FSB officers, detained two suspects of looting and possession of ammunition and prohibited substances.

They seized 16 VOG-17 rounds, 360 5.45 mm cartridges and a narcotic substance.

In addition, during the day, the National Guard found two caches with weapons, in which they found a Javelin anti-tank missile system, a Fagot ATGM installation and 23 rockets, 18 grenade launchers and over 600 rounds for them, a PKT machine gun, more than 3.5 thousand artillery shells, over 200 hand grenades, as well as over 50,000 small arms ammunition of various calibers.