Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down three Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the area of ​​​​several settlements of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the Russian Defense Ministry said during a report on events in the NVO zone on January 10.

In addition, as the official representative of the department, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, said, air defense systems destroyed ten Ukrainian drones in a day.

Aviation, missile troops and artillery hit two depots of rocket and artillery weapons of the 53rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 108th Territorial Defense Brigade in the DPR and the Zaporozhye region, as well as 62 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 105 districts .

In the course of a counter-battery fight, two US-made M777 artillery systems, four Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mounts, three D-20 towed howitzers, two Grad multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), as well as a MLRS combat vehicle were destroyed in firing positions during the day. "Hurricane".

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In addition, two US-made counter-battery radars AN / TPQ-50 and AN / TPQ-36 were destroyed on the territory of the DPR.

The situation in different directions of the NWO

According to the Ministry of Defense, in the Kupyansk direction, Russian troops launched artillery strikes on the accumulations of manpower of the 14th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region.

As a result, up to 20 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle and four vehicles were destroyed.

In the Krasnolimansky direction, artillery hit units of the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade on the territory of the DPR and LPR.

During the day, the enemy lost in this direction more than 40 servicemen killed and wounded, an armored personnel carrier and three pickup trucks.

In the Donetsk direction, Russian troops continued successful offensive operations and hit units of the 57th and 59th motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

As specified in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, up to 50 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one tank, two armored combat vehicles and four vehicles were destroyed.

In the South-Donetsk direction, as a result of a complex fire engagement of enemy units on the territory of the DPR, more than 20 Ukrainian servicemen and three pickup trucks were destroyed.

Prospects for the liberation of Soledar and Artemovsk

Acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin said that Soledar is close to being released.

According to him, the fighting has shifted to the western part of the city.

“Now all attention is focused on both Artyomovsk and Soledar, probably for the most part because events are unfolding there in exactly the way that the city is very close to liberation,” Pushilin said on Channel One.

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He also believes that after the liberation of Soledar "very favorable prospects open up" for the liberation of Artyomovsk and Seversk, where enemy fortifications are also located. 

Weapon caches in the Zaporozhye region

The press service of the Russian Guard announced the discovery of caches with dangerous items in the Zaporozhye region.

This happened when the department's special forces, together with representatives of other law enforcement agencies, checked the information received from local residents.

During the inspection of non-residential buildings on the outskirts of one of the settlements in the Berdyansk district of the Zaporozhye region, the National Guard found a carefully camouflaged hiding place.

Explosive objects wrapped in the uniform of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hidden in it, including two MON-50 mines, a Metis anti-tank missile system with a mobile phone attached, as well as a flare gun and two stun grenades.

All dangerous items found in the cache were moved to a special area and destroyed with an overhead charge.