According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, aviation, missile troops and artillery hit 57 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 84 districts in a day.

In addition to this, two depots of artillery ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the Zaporozhye region and in the DPR.

According to the official representative of the department, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, the Russian military as a result of a concentrated strike destroyed more than 55 extremists of the so-called battalion named after Sheikh Mansur, as well as six units of armored vehicles and vehicles on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.

During the counter-battery fight in the DPR, a Grad multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) combat vehicle and two Vilkha MLRS launchers were also destroyed.

A 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer and two 2S3 Akatsia self-propelled howitzers were destroyed at firing positions in the Zaporozhye region and the DPR.

In addition, three D-20 howitzers and two D-30 howitzers were destroyed at firing positions in the DPR and Kherson region.

Along with this, the Russian military hit an American-made M777 artillery system in the Mykolaiv region.

On the territory of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), a US-made AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery radar was destroyed.

  • Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation - on the course of a special military operation

In turn, the fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Su-24 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.

Another aircraft, a Ukrainian Su-25, was shot down by Russian air defenses.

Along with this, 21 Ukrainian drones were destroyed during the day.

In addition, five American-made HIMARS MLRS and four US-made HARM anti-radar missiles were intercepted.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, 359 aircraft, 199 helicopters, more than 2.8 thousand drones, 399 anti-aircraft missile systems, over 7.4 thousand tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 971 MLRS combat vehicles, more than 3 7,000 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as over 7,900 units of special military vehicles.

The situation on the directions of the NWO

According to the Ministry of Defense, up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, two armored combat vehicles and three vehicles were destroyed in the Kupyansk direction as a result of artillery strikes on the accumulations of manpower of the 14th and 95th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region and the LPR.

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In the Krasnolimansky direction, the artillerymen inflicted a defeat on the units of the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the enemy lost more than 40 military personnel, two armored personnel carriers and three pickup trucks in this direction in a day.

In the Donetsk direction, Russian troops, in the course of successful offensive operations, hit units of the 110th motorized infantry and 79th air assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Up to 60 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, four infantry fighting vehicles and five vehicles were destroyed.

More than 40 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks were destroyed in the South-Donetsk direction as a result of a complex fire engagement of enemy units.

The Russian Guard provides humanitarian aid to residents of the liberated territories

The press service of the Russian Guard stated that on the eve of the New Year, departmental units ensured the issuance of more than 80 tons of humanitarian aid to residents of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.

It is noted that over 12 thousand people received food and everyday items.

Extradition was carried out in Melitopol, Primorsk, Skadovsk, Chernigovka and other settlements.

As follows from the message of the Russian Guard, in the future it is planned to issue another 420 tons of humanitarian cargo.