Russian troops, supported by attack aircraft and artillery strikes, continued offensive operations in the Donetsk direction.

This was announced during a briefing by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov.

“The high-precision strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces defeated enemy strongholds in the area of ​​the city of Artyomovsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic.

More than 80 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries, two tanks, five armored fighting vehicles and six vehicles were destroyed," Konashenkov said.

In turn, the assistant to the head of Chechnya, the commander of the Akhmat special forces, the deputy commander of the 2nd army corps of the People's Militia of the LPR, Apty Alaudinov, on the air of the Rossiya 1 TV channel, noted that the most intense battles were taking place in the Artyomovsk region.

According to him, the mood of the Ukrainian military leaders is "not very rosy."

“In any case, they are preparing for the fact that this settlement will be taken away from them, and they are trying to prepare their Western masters and the population of Ukraine in advance,” Alaudinov said.

“Slowly, they are starting to surrender the settlements that they previously boasted about.”

The assistant to the head of Chechnya stressed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are "on the verge of complete collapse."

The situation on the fronts of the NWO

In the South-Donetsk direction, up to 45 Ukrainian servicemen, four armored personnel carriers and three pickup trucks were destroyed by the active actions of the Armed Forces units and the complex fire destruction of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Novomayorske, Prechistovka and Vodiane of the DPR.

More than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles and four vehicles were destroyed in the Kupyansk direction as a result of fire damage to enemy strongholds in the areas of the settlements of Kislovka, Krakhmalnoye and Berestovoe in the Kharkiv region.

Two sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the Krasno-Limansky direction in the areas of the Medvezhiy tract, as well as the Serebryansky forestry in the LPR.

At the same time, near the settlements of Nevskoye and Novolyubovka of the Lugansk People's Republic, attack aircraft and artillery struck at the accumulation of enemy manpower and equipment.

The total losses of the enemy: more than 40 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries, three armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks.

Operational-tactical aviation, missile forces and artillery destroyed two depots of artillery ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlement of Novoselidovka (DPR), a US-made AN / TPQ-50 counter-battery combat station near Ivano-Daryevka (DPR), a radar station of the Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile system S- 300 (near Kharkov).

In addition, 62 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 87 districts were hit.

At the same time, during the counter-battery fight, two US-made M777 artillery systems were destroyed in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe settlement of Selidovo (DPR), two Ukrainian combat vehicles of the Grad multiple launch rocket system near Konstantinovka (DPR).

In turn, fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the air over Orekhovo-Vasilevka (DPR) shot down a Su-25 aircraft and a Mi-8 helicopter in the Kramatorsk region (DPR).

Air defense systems shot down ten drones in the LPR, DPR and Zaporozhye region.

“In the area of ​​​​the settlement of Komissarovka in the Luhansk People’s Republic, two rockets of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system were intercepted,” Konashenkov concluded.

Russia has made significant progress in the demilitarization of the Kyiv regime

The special operation in support of Donbass can be completed only when the goals set are achieved.

This opinion was expressed by the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov.

“Of course, any conflict ends at the negotiating table, this has been repeatedly said.

But, of course, we are talking primarily about the speedy completion of a special military operation by achieving the goals that the Russian Federation sets for itself, ”he said.

The Kremlin spokesman also stated that the Russian military had made "significant progress towards the demilitarization" of the Kyiv regime.

Earlier, Vladimir Putin stressed that all armed conflicts end in negotiations, and the sooner Kyiv understands this, the better.

Putin also noted that the Ukrainian side would soon run out of weapons and ammunition, so Kyiv would be completely dependent on “handouts” from the West.