“As a result of an offensive in the South-Donetsk direction”: Russian Armed Forces liberated Dorozhnyanka, Zaporozhye region

As a result of successful offensive operations in the South Donetsk direction, Russian troops liberated the settlement Dorozhnyanka, Zaporozhye region.

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

“Up to 50 servicemen, three infantry fighting vehicles, two armored fighting vehicles and five pickup trucks were destroyed,” Konashenkov said.

More than 50 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and three pickup trucks were destroyed by artillery fire and army aviation strikes in the Kupyansky direction in the areas of the settlements of Timkovka, Kislovka and Novoselovskoye of the Kharkiv region.

In the Krasnolimansky direction, as a result of a complex fire defeat, the irretrievable losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 140 Ukrainian servicemen, five tanks, seven armored combat vehicles and four pickup trucks.

In the Donetsk direction, Russian troops destroyed over 80 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored personnel carriers, four armored vehicles and three pickup trucks.

In addition, three points of temporary deployment of foreign mercenaries in the areas of the settlements of Krasny Lyman and Chervonaya Dibrova of the Donetsk People's Republic were hit by high-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

Also, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense said that 75 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 92 districts were hit by missile forces and artillery.

In addition, near Fedorovka (DPR) the radar of the Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed, and not far from the settlements of Chasov Yar, Artemovsk, Avdeevka and Vesyoloye of the Donetsk People's Republic - five radar stations of counter-battery warfare made by the USA AN / TPQ-50, near Bogatyr (DPR) and Kamensky (Zaporozhye region) - two warehouses of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Konashenkov also said that in the course of the counter-battery fight, a launcher of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, two combat vehicles of the Grad multiple launch rocket system, and a 2C1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer were destroyed, from which residential areas of Donetsk and other settlements were shelled DNR.

In addition, four US-made M777 artillery systems and a Czech-made Dana self-propelled howitzer were destroyed.

In turn, Russian Aerospace Forces fighter aircraft shot down two Mi-8 helicopters of the Ukrainian Air Force, while eight Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by air defense systems.

“We are celebrating the New Year in a difficult military-political situation”

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu congratulated the military on the upcoming New Year.

“Dear comrades!

Friends!

In the outgoing year, we all faced serious trials that changed the usual course of time.

We meet him in a difficult military-political situation, when they are trying to cross out our glorious history and great achievements, demolishing monuments to the victors of fascism and erecting war criminals on a pedestal, canceling and desecrating everything Russian.

Under these conditions, the upcoming New Year holiday remains not only a good folk tradition, but also acquires a deeper meaning, being a symbol of our hopes for a peaceful future, ”Shoigu said.

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According to him, Russian servicemen heroically carry out "combat missions to protect the national interests and security of Russia" and solve "the most difficult tasks" during the NMD.

The army general also thanked the servicemen for the courage and heroism shown in the performance of military duty.

“We will always remember our comrades who sacrificed themselves while performing combat missions in the name of saving civilians from genocide and violence only for the right to speak Russian.

Their memory will live in the hearts of the peoples of Russia forever,” Shoigu concluded.