The Russian military continues to repel the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in various directions as part of a special operation in Ukraine, said the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

In particular, in the Nikolaev-Kryvyi Rih direction over the past day, two attempts were thwarted by offensive units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Davydov Brod and Sukhoi Stavok in the Kherson region.

Along with this, the Russian forces prevented the sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from penetrating into the rear, the number of which, according to the Ministry of Defense, reached 20.

“The concentrated fire of Russian artillery and the active actions of Russian troops destroyed more than 120 Ukrainian servicemen, six armored combat vehicles and 13 vehicles,” Konashenkov said during a briefing.

In addition, a hangar with Ukrainian foreign-made military equipment was destroyed by a high-precision strike by the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Kherson region.

In the Krasnolimansky direction, a new attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to force the Zherebets River with the forces of up to two motorized infantry companies was thwarted.

“The advancing units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were stopped and driven back by the massive fire of Russian artillery.

25 Ukrainian servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles and two pickup trucks were destroyed," Konashenkov said.

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The attempts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack the positions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Zaporozhye direction are also reflected.

As noted in the Ministry of Defense, the enemy was thrown back to their original positions.

As a result, more than 40 Ukrainian servicemen were liquidated, two tanks, three armored combat vehicles and five pickup trucks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.

Over the past day, Russian aviation, missile forces and artillery hit three Ukrainian command posts, as well as 69 artillery units in firing positions, enemy manpower and military equipment in 167 districts.

Along with this, strikes were carried out on units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries at eight points of temporary deployment.

So, in the areas of the settlement Ukrainka, Kherson region and the city of Zaporozhye, two depots of ammunition and rocket and artillery weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, and in the Mykolaiv region, a fuel storage facility for military equipment was destroyed.

Air defense systems destroyed six Ukrainian drones in a day.

In addition, 33 HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and two HARM anti-radar missiles were shot down in the air.

The work of the National Guard in the LPR

According to the press service of the Russian Guard, over the past three days, during aerial reconnaissance from drones on the territory of the Lugansk People's Republic, a number of targets were discovered, the coordinates of which were transferred to the artillerymen.

“As a result of tracking targets and adjusting artillery fire, up to 35 enemy manpower, a command post, an AN / TRO-36 radar station (made in the USA), three self-propelled guns “Crab”, self-propelled guns 2S1 “Gvozdika”, two BM-21 “Grad ”, M777 howitzer, 16 units of special automotive and armored vehicles,” the ministry said in a statement.

In addition, the National Guard, together with employees of other law enforcement agencies, detained 17 accomplices of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the special forces of the Russian Guard discovered eight caches with weapons and ammunition.

As a result of this work, two AK-74s, Kornet and Metis anti-tank missile systems, 176 Grad MLRS rockets, 37 grenade launchers and more than 1.3 thousand rounds for them, flamethrowers, about 3 thousand artillery shells were seized , 146 anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, more than 200 hand grenades.

More than 80,000 small arms ammunition of various calibers, seven improvised explosive devices, 78.5 kg of explosives and extremist literature were found in the caches.