The Russian military continues to work in a number of areas of the special military operation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said during a briefing.

According to the agency, in the South-Donetsk direction, Russian troops inflicted a fire defeat on an enemy mechanized company in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe settlement of Vodiane.

Along with this, three sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operating in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Pavlovka were destroyed.

At the same time, the losses of the enemy amounted to more than 50 people killed and wounded, three infantry fighting vehicles and two armored vehicles.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, units of the Russian army continued their offensive in the Donetsk direction, repulsing enemy counterattacks.

Over 120 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, six armored combat vehicles and five enemy vehicles were destroyed in a day.

In addition, in the Kupyansk direction, as a result of preemptive artillery fire, a motorized infantry company of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was advancing to attack in the area of ​​one of the settlements of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), was defeated.

As a result, the unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was stopped and dispersed.

The total losses of the enemy amounted to more than 50 soldiers killed and wounded, one tank, three infantry fighting vehicles and five vehicles.

In addition, in the Krasnolimansky direction, Russian troops thwarted an attempt to attack a motorized infantry company of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reinforced by foreign mercenaries.

As a result of the fire damage, the enemy’s losses amounted to 40 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries.

Three armored vehicles and three pickup trucks were also destroyed.

  • Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the NMD on the territory of Ukraine

Aviation, missile troops and artillery hit 11 command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of settlements in the Kharkiv and Kherson regions and on the territory of the DPR, as well as 63 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 136 districts.

In the region of Kramatorsk (DPR), two Ukrainian self-propelled firing systems of the Buk-M1 air defense system and an ammunition depot were destroyed.

As part of the counter-battery fight in the Kharkiv region, a battery of American-made M777 artillery systems was suppressed.

In addition, a US-made AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery radar was destroyed on the territory of the DPR.

In the LPR, two mortar platoons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.

Air defense systems shot down six Ukrainian drones in a day.

The situation at the ZNPP

The Russian Defense Ministry also stated that Kyiv continued provocations in order to create a threat of a man-made disaster at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (ZNPP).

According to the agency, during November 21, the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired eight large-caliber shells at the industrial zone of the nuclear power plant from the territory of a settlement controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

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It is noted that the return fire of Russian artillery units suppressed enemy firepower, the radiation situation at the nuclear power plant remains normal.

The Russian Guard detained an accomplice of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region

The press service of the Russian Guard announced the detention of a local resident in the Zaporozhye region, suspected of complicity with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

This work was carried out in cooperation with representatives of other law enforcement agencies.

As stated in the department, after the arrest, the man admitted that he had passed on to the enemy data on the whereabouts of Russian troops and transferred funds to the nationalists.

Molotov cocktails and homemade spikes for piercing car wheels were found at the detainee's home.

According to the attacker, he began his activities under pressure, but now he repents and is actively cooperating with law enforcement agencies.