The Russian Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye direction destroyed a large concentration of mercenaries.

This was announced during a briefing on the course of the special operation by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov.

“High-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces struck at the point of temporary deployment of foreign mercenaries in the city of Zaporozhye.

More than 160 militants have been killed,” he said.

In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy, with the help of two reinforced battalions, made unsuccessful attempts to advance in the direction of the settlements of the Kharkov region.

The Russian military repelled all attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, destroying more than 100 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, five infantry fighting vehicles and four vehicles.

As stated in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as a result of massive strikes on the advancing enemy reserves in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Petropavlovka (Kharkiv region), more than 110 Ukrainian servicemen were liquidated.

  • Briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the course of a special military operation

More than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, three infantry fighting vehicles and five pickup trucks were destroyed in the Krasnolimansky direction.

As emphasized in the RF Ministry of Defense, this happened during another unsuccessful attempt to force the Zherebets River with the forces of two reinforced companies of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

As a result of the strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces on the points of temporary deployment of a number of formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), more than 100 Ukrainian servicemen and 12 pieces of military equipment were destroyed.

In addition, an attempt to counterattack units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was repelled in the South Donetsk direction, the Ministry of Defense noted.

More than 90 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, eight armored fighting vehicles and six vehicles were destroyed.

Among other things, the enemy attempted an offensive in the Nikolaev-Kryvyi Rih direction by the forces of three battalion tactical groups, a tank battalion and a battalion of the National Guard, which arrived from Western Ukraine, in the direction of a number of settlements in the Kherson region.

As emphasized in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, all attacks of the Ukrainian forces are reflected.

According to the ministry, over 240 Ukrainian servicemen, 12 tanks, 14 armored combat vehicles, eight vehicles and four artillery pieces were destroyed as a result of the infliction of fire damage on the enemy by Russian units.

Meanwhile, operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery and missile forces hit 54 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 174 districts.

Along with this, four ammunition depots were destroyed on the territory of the DPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, as well as in the city of Nikolaev.

In the Kharkiv region, the communications center of the Ukrainian group of troops was also destroyed.

In addition, the aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft in the Zaporozhye region.

Air defense systems destroyed 12 drones in a day, including one Bayraktar TB2.

Among other things, 21 shells of the American multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) HIMARS, as well as a Tochka-U ballistic missile, were shot down in the air.

The work of the National Guard in Zaporozhye and Kherson regions

The press service of the Russian Guard announced the detention of collaborators of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions by employees of the department.

As a result of a targeted check, four people were identified, suspected of complicity with Ukrainian troops.

“When checking the information received, a cache with 450 mines was found, firearms and communication equipment were seized, which allows tracking and transmitting data on civilian infrastructure facilities, on the position and composition of units participating in a special military operation,” the press service of the department explained.

The National Guard added that they were checking the involvement of these persons in the shelling of settlements in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.

Detention of saboteurs in the LPR

A series of acts of sabotage on the territory of the northern front-line regions have been prevented in the Luhansk People's Republic, the LPR Ministry of State Security said.

As a result of the work of the security forces, the activities of a group that planned to mine and undermine civilian infrastructure facilities, as well as preschool educational institutions, were stopped.