“The assigned task has been completed”: Shoigu reported to Putin on the completion of partial mobilization measures

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the completion of partial mobilization measures in the country:

“The dispatch of citizens called for mobilization was completed today.

Citizen notification has been discontinued.

The task set by you - 300 thousand people - has been completed.

No additional assignments are planned."

According to him, 82,000 mobilized people are already in the zone of the special operation.

“Currently, 218 thousand people are improving their training in crew composition and calculations.

After completing the training, 82,000 people were sent to the area of ​​the special military operation, of which more than 41,000 operate as part of units,” the minister said.

Putin thanked the volunteers and mobilized who joined the armed forces.

“I want to thank them for their fidelity to duty, for patriotism, for their firm determination to defend our country, to defend Russia, and therefore their home, their family, our citizens, our people,” he said.

He called the equipment, training and coordination of the mobilized priority tasks.

“Today, the most important thing is equipment, preparation, coordination.

And everything related to making people feel confident if they need to take part directly in hostilities,” the head of state stressed.

The situation in the NWO zone

The Russian armed forces killed more than 180 Ukrainian servicemen as a result of attacks on the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

As the official representative of the department, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, said, we are talking about the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction of the special military operation.

“Concentrated Russian artillery fire and army aviation strikes defeated the Ukrainian troops’ reserves moving out of the depths, as well as sabotage groups near the line of contact,” Konashenkov said.

As a result, more than 180 Ukrainian servicemen, eight armored combat vehicles and six vehicles were destroyed.

In turn, in the Kupyansk direction, the enemy, with forces up to a reinforced battalion, attacked the positions of Russian troops in the direction of one of the settlements of the Kharkov region.

As noted in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, all these attacks are reflected.

The Russian military destroyed more than 150 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, five infantry fighting vehicles, four armored personnel carriers and nine pickup trucks.

Konashenkov said that in the Krasnolimansky direction, two battalion tactical groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were advancing in the direction of one of the settlements of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR).

The active actions of the Russian troops prevented the enemy.

• Briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

As a result, more than 50 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, three armored combat vehicles and two vehicles were destroyed by artillery fire and army aviation strikes.

In addition, in the South Donetsk direction, a company tactical group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the positions of Russian troops in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).

The actions of Russian units and artillery fire pushed the enemy back to their original positions.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, more than 30 Ukrainian servicemen were liquidated, as well as two armored combat vehicles, one tank and one pickup truck were destroyed.

Air strikes, missile troops and artillery hit six command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region, the LPR, the DPR and in the Nikolaev region, as well as 74 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 167 districts.

In addition, five ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the DPR, the Kherson region, and also in the Nikolaev region.

A Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by means of air defense in the Kherson region.

Along with this, three drones were intercepted in the Kherson region.

In addition, six shells of HIMARS and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) were shot down in the air.

Line of contact in the DPR

Acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin said that successes are observed almost along the entire front line.

“In fact, there are successes along almost the entire line of contact,” he said on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel.

According to him, in some cases, the advance is somewhere between 50-100 meters. At the same time, streets and houses are liberated, certain positions are occupied, and the enemy is knocked out.

He also added that the Armed Forces of Ukraine organized an offensive in the Krasnolimansky direction, but they managed to repel it.

Also on russian.rt.com, Putin called the main goal of the special operation in Ukraine to help the Donbass

“Just the day before, there was an attempt by the BTG (battalion tactical group. -

) of the enemy to break through in the direction of the Chervonopopovka settlement, but the enemy was stopped,” Pushilin said.

The acting head of the DPR specified that, in addition to the enemy manpower, three tanks, four armored vehicles and four pickup trucks were destroyed.

Russian Guard drones

The Russian Guard spoke about the effectiveness of the work of the department's drones.

In ten days, 58 flights were made, during which a command post, an ammunition depot, automobile and armored vehicles, the Grad MLRS, shelters and places of accumulation of enemy manpower with a total number of about 200 people were discovered.

As a result of such reconnaissance, the coordinates of the targets were promptly transferred to the control point.

Subsequently, the artillery of the Russian Guard, with the support of the artillery of the RF Armed Forces, completed 50 fire missions.

It is specified that as a result, 22 accumulations of manpower, 24 vehicles, five platoon strongholds, five accumulations of weapons and military equipment, a command post and a D-30 howitzer were hit.

In addition, strikes were made on an observation tower with a radar station, a multiple launch rocket system, nine mortars, an artillery platoon and four armored vehicles.