Seven command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit: Russian Armed Forces inflicted new strikes on military and energy facilities of Ukraine

On Wednesday, October 19, the Russian army continued to strike at military command and control facilities and the energy system of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

“During the day, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued strikes with high-precision long-range air and sea-based weapons against the military command and energy systems of Ukraine.

All designated objects were hit, ”the message says.

The day before, the head of the Kyiv regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, reported that since October 10, when the Russian Armed Forces for the first time launched a massive strike on military, communications and energy facilities in Ukraine, 30% of Ukrainian power plants were destroyed.

MoD summary

Russian air defense systems shot down a Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force and 12 drones in the LPR, DPR and Kherson region in the Kherson region, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Also, 11 shells of HIMARS and Alder multiple launch rocket systems were intercepted, as well as eight more HARM anti-radar missiles in the Kherson region.

According to the agency, in the course of counter-battery combat, the Russian Armed Forces defeated two artillery batteries in the Kharkiv region and two platoons of the Uragan multiple launch rocket system in the Kharkiv region and the Donetsk People's Republic.

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As a result of strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery, three ammunition depots and two launchers of the Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system were destroyed.

In addition, seven command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit, as well as 64 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 156 districts.

The official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, also said that in the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction, units of the 60th Infantry and 35th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as formations of mercenaries "Foreign Legion" were hit by missile strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

In total, over 120 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and mercenaries, eight armored combat vehicles and 12 vehicles were destroyed per day.

In the Krasno-Limansky direction, units of the RF Armed Forces thwarted enemy attempts to force the Zherebets River in the LPR at night.

More than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles and two vehicles were destroyed.

“In the Kupyansk direction, Russian troops inflicted fire damage on units of the 14th and 92nd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as foreign mercenaries in the areas of the settlements of Petropavlovka, Peschanoe and Berestovoe in the Kharkov region.

More than 40 Ukrainian servicemen, four armored combat vehicles and three pickup trucks were destroyed,” Konashenkov concluded.

Attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Zaporozhye NPP

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation also spoke about the attempt made by the Kyiv regime to land troops on the left bank of the Kakhovka reservoir and seize the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

It is noted that the Ukrainian military involved 37 boats and boats, including 12 heavy and 25 light types.

“As a result of the active actions of the Russian troops guarding the outer perimeter of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the enemy landing force was destroyed.

The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 90 Ukrainian servicemen and 14 boats.

The remnants of the landing force were dispersed by artillery fire in the waters of the Kakhovka reservoir, ”the message says.

It is also indicated that Ukrainian artillery fired 13 shells at the northern outskirts of Energodar and the territory adjacent to the ZNPP.

In retaliation, fire weapons located near the village of Marganets, Dnepropetrovsk region, were suppressed: “There are no casualties or destruction at the station.

The radiation situation is normal."

Earlier, the chairman of the movement “We are together with Russia”, a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, noted that the battle with the troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine had been going on for three hours.