During the offensive: the Russian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction destroyed the combined tactical group of foreign mercenaries

As a result of the offensive actions of the units of the Russian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction, the combined tactical group of foreign mercenaries was destroyed and the units of the 10th mountain assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Razdolovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

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

“The enemy’s irretrievable losses per day in this direction amounted to 60 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries, four armored personnel carriers and three pickup trucks,” Konashenkov said.

According to him, in the Kupyansk direction, artillery strikes were inflicted on manpower and military equipment of the units of the 14th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​​​the settlement.

the village of Petropavlovka and the 92nd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​n.

Starch Kharkiv region.

Up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, four armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks were destroyed.

In addition, in the Krasnolimansky direction, as a result of Russian air strikes and artillery fire raids on the positions of units of the 111th Territorial Defense Brigade in the area of ​​n.

the village of Torskoye and the 25th airborne brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​​​n.

More than 40 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles and four vehicles were destroyed in Terny settlement of the DPR.

More than 40 Ukrainian servicemen, four armored combat vehicles and six vehicles of units of the 92nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed by army aviation and artillery strikes in the South Donetsk direction.

Also, according to the Ministry of Defense, the missile troops and artillery of the Russian group of troops hit the command post of the 65th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​​​n.

p. Lezhino and a warehouse of rocket and artillery weapons in the area of ​​​​n.

Novoselivka village, Zaporozhye region, as well as 53 artillery units, manpower and military equipment in 92 districts.

In turn, the fighter aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Su-27 aircraft in the air over Kamyshovka, and in the area of ​​​​n.

Selydove and Gruzskoye villages - Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters of the Ukrainian Air Force.

At the same time, air defense systems shot down a Mi-8 helicopter and 15 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the DPR and LPR, as well as in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.

The defense ministry also noted that since the beginning of the JMD, Russian troops have destroyed 352 aircraft, 192 helicopters, 2719 unmanned aerial vehicles, 399 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7222 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 936 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3704 field artillery guns and mortar, as well as 7737 units of special military vehicles.

"Do not give the opportunity to tear Russia apart"

Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, in a conversation with RT correspondent Konstantin Prydybaylo, said that he sees Russia as a great and powerful country after the completion of a special military operation in support of Donbass.

“It should be a great power, not some kind of regional operator.

It should be a country whose word is heard everywhere, even if it is said in a whisper.

Our task is not to allow ourselves to be torn apart, and secondly, not to lose the greatness of the country,” he said.

In his opinion, many wealthy Russians went into the shadows after the start of the SVO because of the fear of giving up their usual luxurious life.

• RT correspondent Konstantin Prydybaylo spoke with Yevgeny Prigozhin

Prigozhin also explained why opposition figures convicted in Russia are not eager to participate in the SVO.

“For them, the Motherland is Russia, to which their curators, the Americans, came, just as it was in Ukraine in 2014.

They came, they divided, they distributed," he said.

“They have the desires of the consumer society: they want beautiful things, tasty sausages.

And the fact that there will be no country that existed before them a thousand years is indifferent to them.