The Russian military destroyed the military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk People's Republic, from which Donetsk was shelled.

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

“During the counter-battery fight in the area of ​​n.

Krasnogorovka settlement of the Donetsk People's Republic, two US-made M777 artillery systems and a German-made FH-70 howitzer were destroyed at firing positions, from which residential areas of the city of Donetsk were shelled,” Konashenkov said.

Also, not far from Seversk, three Ukrainian combat vehicles of the Grad multiple launch rocket system were destroyed, in the areas of

Petropavlovka (Kharkiv region), Berestovoe (DPR) and Chernobaevka (Kherson region) - three Ukrainian Msta-B howitzers, near Georgievka and Maryinka (DPR) - D-20 and D-30 howitzers.

Rocket troops and artillery destroyed a warehouse with weapons and military equipment not far from N.

village Gulyaipole, Zaporozhye region.

In addition, five command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region and the DPR were hit, as well as 72 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 97 districts.

The official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation also said that Russian troops in the South-Donetsk direction defeated units of the 72nd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as foreign mercenaries in the area of ​​​​the city of Ugledar of the DPR.

“More than 70 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries, five armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks were destroyed.

In addition, the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was operating in the direction of n.

Vladimirovka village of the DPR,” Konashenkov said.

Over 80 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, four armored combat vehicles and five vehicles were destroyed in the Donetsk direction in a day.

In the Kupyansk direction, as a result of fire damage by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of n.

More than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles and two vehicles were killed in Sinkovka, Timkovka and Kislovka settlements in the Kharkiv region.

At the same time, four company tactical groups of the 25th airborne, 80th and 95th airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the 103rd territorial defense brigade in the areas of N.

Novolyubovka, Nevsky (LPR), Terny (DPR), as well as Serebryansky forestry.

“More than 170 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored personnel carriers and four pickup trucks were destroyed,” the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The Kremlin - about the "peace plan" of the Kyiv regime

The so-called peace plan for Ukraine cannot exist without taking into account the entry into Russia of four new regions, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

“There can be no peace plan for Ukraine that does not take into account today's realities - with Russian territory, with four new regions joining Russia.

No plan that does not take these realities into account can claim to be peaceful,” Peskov said.

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Earlier it became known that Vladimir Zelensky intends to prepare a "peace plan" by February 2023.

This month, the Ukrainian side is going to hold a kind of “peace summit” dedicated to resolving the situation in Ukraine.

In response to this, Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, said that such an event could be imagined without the participation of the Kyiv regime rather than without a delegation from Moscow.