According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, in the Donetsk direction of the special military operation, Russian units continue offensive operations and knock out the enemy from their positions.

Also, in the information report of the department, it is reported that three counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Artyomovsk, Belogorovka and Shumy.

“As a result of the fire damage, the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were dispersed and thrown back to their original positions.

The enemy’s losses per day amounted to more than 40 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, three armored combat vehicles and two vehicles,” the Defense Ministry noted.

Up to 20 Ukrainian soldiers, two armored vehicles and three pickup trucks were destroyed in the Kupyansky direction, and more than 50 people, two infantry fighting vehicles and three pickups were destroyed in the Krasnolimansky direction.

This happened during offensive operations and artillery strikes.

In addition, in the areas of the settlements of Terny (DPR) and Chervonaya Dibrova (LPR), three sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were discovered and liquidated.

In the Yuzhno-Donetsk direction, as a result of pre-emptive actions of Russian troops and a complex fire engagement, an attempt to attack a reinforced company of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of the settlement was thwarted.

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Along with this, two enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups were destroyed.

In total, up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen and three vehicles were destroyed in this direction per day.

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Russian missile forces and artillery hit the enemy’s manpower and military equipment in 93 districts, including 64 artillery units in firing positions, command posts of the formations of the 1st Terodefense Brigade near the city of Berislav (Kherson Region), the 102nd and 108th Terodefense Brigades near the city of Gulyaipole (Zaporozhye region).

In addition, a warehouse of missile and artillery weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed in Kharkov, and in the area of ​​the village of

The village of Rai-Aleksandrovka (DPR) was hit by a radar station of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system.

Air defense systems shot down four Ukrainian drones and intercepted two shells of HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems in a day.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, in total since the beginning of the NMD, the following have been destroyed: 344 enemy aircraft, 184 helicopters, more than 2.6 thousand drones, 396 anti-aircraft missile systems, over 7.1 thousand tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 931 MLRS fighting vehicles , almost 3.7 thousand field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as over 7.6 thousand units of special military vehicles.

In turn, the press service of the People's Militia of the DPR reported that one 155-mm M777 howitzer, as well as five units of armored and automotive vehicles, were destroyed in a day.

Enemy losses amounted to 25 people.

The People's Militia of the LPR said that up to 50 enemy personnel were eliminated in a day, one tank, three armored personnel carriers, two drones and 14 units of special vehicles were destroyed.

Meanwhile, the acting head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, commented on the ongoing shelling of the cities of Donbass.

According to him, having suffered serious losses at the front, Ukraine decided to take revenge on the civilian population and intensified shelling.

“Our artillery is doing everything to suppress enemy firing points.

The task of the civil authorities is here, on the ground, to protect the lives of our people as much as possible, ”Pushilin wrote in Telegram.

The work of the National Guard in the LPR

According to the press service of the Russian Guard, the department’s special forces, together with employees of the LPR Ministry of Internal Affairs, discovered a place of illegal storage of firearms, ammunition and narcotic substances on the territory of the Troitsky district of the republic, after which the attacker was detained.

Weapons, radio stations, sights, binoculars, dozens of license plates and a large number of various ammunition were found in caches located in a garage, a barn and a residential building.

In addition, several containers with drugs were hidden underground.

As clarified in the National Guard, the detainee was handed over to the competent authorities.