Russian troops continued offensive operations in the Donetsk direction, as a result of which they took up new advantageous lines and positions.
This was announced during a briefing by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov.
“Enemy losses in this area per day amounted to more than 80 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, four infantry fighting vehicles, three armored fighting vehicles and six vehicles,” Konashenkov said.
In the Yuzhno-Donetsk direction, artillery fire and active actions of the Russian Armed Forces units defeated the group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement.
Sladkoe, Vladimirovka, Pavlovka, Velikaya Novosyolka.
Up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and four pickup trucks were liquidated.
In addition, two sabotage groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated near Vremyovka (DPR) and Levadny (Zaporozhye region).
More than 20 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and three vehicles were destroyed in the Kupyansk direction as a result of artillery strikes on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of N.
settlement Timkovka, Kislovka and Berestovoe (Kharkiv region).
“In the Krasnolimansky direction, up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles and five pickup trucks were destroyed by artillery fire, assault and army aviation strikes on units of the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Serebryansky forestry,” the Russian Defense Ministry emphasized.
Operational-tactical aviation, missile forces and artillery destroyed three depots of artillery ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR and Zaporozhye region.
Also hit were four command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kharkiv and Dnepropetrovsk regions, 83 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 102 districts.
At the same time, two US-made M777 artillery systems near Kruglyakovka (Kharkiv region), a HIMARS multiple launch rocket system (DPR), an Msta-B howitzer (DPR), D-20 howitzers (DPR) and D-30 (Zaporozhye region).
In turn, the fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the areas of n.
Su-25 and Su-24 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force were shot down in Krasny Lyman and Kramatorsk, while two Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters were destroyed in the air in the sky over Suvorov and Orlovka (DPR).
At the same time, air defense systems shot down seven Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the LPR, DPR and Kherson region in a day, and also intercepted four HIMARS and Uragan multiple rocket launchers in the LPR and Zaporozhye region.
Explosions in Ukrainian cities
On the morning of Thursday, December 29, arrivals were reported in many large cities of Ukraine.
This, in particular, is about Kyiv, Odessa, Kharkov, Ivano-Frankivsk and Lvov, the Ukrainian media report.
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The mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitali Klitschko, confirmed several explosions in the city on his Telegram channel and addressed the citizens:
“40% of consumers in the capital after a missile attack are without electricity due to the necessary security measures taken by power engineers during an air raid.
Now power engineers are working on restoring power supply.
The city supplies heat and water as normal.
Except for houses where there is no power supply, on which the operation of boiler houses depends.
In turn, damage to critical infrastructure facilities was recorded in Kharkiv.
At the same time, water supply and electricity supply disappeared in Odessa, Strana.UA writes.
According to the governor of the region, an arrival at the energy facility was recorded.
In Lviv, 90% of the city's territory was left without electricity, interruptions in water supply are possible, the mayor of the city noted.
As noted in the company "Ukrzheldoroga", five trains are delayed due to the de-energization of a number of sections of the railway.