Russian troops inflicted fire damage on units of the 28th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region, said during a briefing on Wednesday, September 21, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

“Losses of connections per day amounted to more than 200 people and 21 units of military equipment.

The personnel of the 4th company of the 2nd battalion of this formation actually completely died because of the commander of the 28th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who sent the unit to a counterattack on a minefield, ”he said.

In addition, the enemy lost more than 60 people killed and wounded, as well as four tanks and eight vehicles as a result of the defeat of the 3rd battalion of the 1st brigade of the President of Ukraine, which made an unsuccessful attempt at a counterattack on the territory of the DPR.

In addition, a high-precision weapon of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Artyomovsk region (DPR) hit the temporary deployment point of the 2nd battalion of the 93rd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

More than 75 militants and nine units of military equipment were destroyed.

Meanwhile, aviation, artillery and missile forces hit eight command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the DPR and Kharkiv region, a temporary deployment point of the nationalist formation "Donbass", as well as 68 artillery units, manpower and military equipment in 147 districts.

Also destroyed 12 warehouses with ammunition and weapons.

  • Briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

Air defense systems shot down 11 drones in a day, including one Bayraktar.

28 HIMARS multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) and three US HARM anti-radar missiles were destroyed in the air.

In total, since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine, Russian troops have destroyed 295 aircraft, 155 helicopters, 2,018 drones, 375 anti-aircraft missile systems, 5,052 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 841 MLRS combat vehicles, 3,405 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 5,743 units of special military vehicles.

The situation at the ZNPP

The Ministry of Defense also stated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued shelling the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) and the city of Energodar.

In particular, as a result of the explosion of a Ukrainian large-caliber projectile, one of the pipes of the technical water system of the first safety system of the fifth power unit of the station was damaged.

Also on russian.rt.com In the Kherson region, the power supply from the ZNPP was cut off due to shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine

In addition, Ukrainian artillery struck a power line coming from the fifth power unit of the nuclear power plant.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the station was shelled from the firing positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Marganets.

Artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were suppressed by return fire, the radiation situation at the ZNPP remains normal.

Special Forces of the Russian Guard and the situation in the Donbass

During reconnaissance on the territory of one of the settlements of the DPR, the special forces of the Russian Guard discovered positions, ammunition depots, as well as locations for units and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

“The coordinates of the targets were transferred to the artillery units of the Russian army.

As a result, up to 30 nationalists, eight vehicles and an ammunition depot were destroyed,” the ministry said.

In addition, two accomplices of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were detained on the territory of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR).

Along with this, the National Guard officers seized weapons and ammunition from illegal circulation, including several grenade launchers, shells for the Grad MLRS, artillery and tank shells, anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, a quadrocopter, a large amount of ammunition for small arms and an improvised explosive device.

Meanwhile, the People's Militia of the DPR announced on Wednesday morning that over the past day, as a result of the work of the military personnel of the republic, the loss of enemy personnel amounted to more than 35 people.

Two artillery installations, one tank and four armored personnel carriers were destroyed.

In turn, the LPR said that during the active offensive operations of the republic's units, the enemy lost up to 40 personnel, as well as two tanks, four armored personnel carriers and six units of special vehicles.