The Russian Defense Ministry said that Russian troops continued their offensive in the Donetsk direction.

According to the official representative of the department, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine along the entire section of the line of contact were inflicted with a complex fire defeat.

During the day, the enemy lost more than 80 military personnel, three infantry fighting vehicles, an armored personnel carrier and four vehicles in this direction.

In the Kupyansk direction, Russian troops inflicted fire damage on accumulations of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of several settlements in the Kharkov region and the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR).

In addition, an enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group was destroyed in the Kharkov region.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the irretrievable losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction amounted to more than 50 military personnel, two infantry fighting vehicles and three vehicles.

In the Krasnolimansky direction, aviation and artillery defeated enemy units in the areas of a number of settlements of the LPR, DPR and Kharkov region.

More than 60 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles and three pickup trucks were destroyed.

In the South-Donetsk direction, Russian units inflicted fire damage on accumulations of manpower and equipment in the area of ​​​​one of the settlements of the DPR.

Two sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were also eliminated.

In total, more than 40 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two armored combat vehicles and three pickup trucks were destroyed during the day.

  • Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the NMD on the territory of Ukraine

Aviation, missile troops and artillery hit 89 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, as well as enemy manpower and military equipment in 126 districts.

Three depots of ammunition and missile and artillery weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed on the territory of the DPR and the Kharkiv region.

During the counter-battery fight in the DPR, two US-made AN / TPQ-50 radar stations were destroyed.

In addition, a US-made M777 artillery system was destroyed at a firing position on the territory of the LPR.

And in the DPR and the Zaporozhye region, two Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mounts, two Ukrainian Akatsia self-propelled howitzers, and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed at firing positions.

Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down Su-25 and MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, as well as a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter.

Air defense systems destroyed eight Ukrainian drones in a day.

In addition, ten HIMARS and Uragan multiple rocket launchers were intercepted.

The commander of the special forces "Akhmat" - about the situation in Soledar

The commander of the special forces "Akhmat", the deputy commander of the 2nd army corps of the People's Militia of the LPR, Apty Alaudinov, expressed the opinion that Soledar and Bakhmut (Artyomovsk) would be released in the coming days.

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Alaudinov, speaking on Channel One, connected this prospect with the work of the Wagner PMC fighters, who, according to him, were able to achieve good results in areas that were of particular importance for the logistics of Ukrainian units.

“Today, indeed, we can state the fact that Soledar is very well embraced by units directly from Wagner PMC, which are really moving very well.

Again, I say this with words of gratitude, because there is really a very good result there, ”he said.

Alaudinov noted that the Ukrainian side controls the situation just enough so that the forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “just don’t drop everything and run away.”

Rosgvardia - about theft in parts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The press service of the Russian Guard reported that the archive documents of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which speak of systemic shortcomings in the organization of the protection and defense of important facilities, were at the disposal of the employees of the department.

The documents mention a notification from the Security Service of Ukraine, which refers to numerous facts of plundering and damaging military property in Ukrainian military units for the purpose of illegal enrichment.

The agency cites excerpts from documents stating that the unlawful actions identified in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were facilitated by the absence or inadequate state of security equipment for military facilities, the lack of technical security equipment on military equipment, the inadequate state of the organization of protection of military facilities and other circumstances.