The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said that Russian troops destroyed the workshops in Kharkiv, where the modification of Ukrainian drones was carried out.

“In the city of Kharkiv, the workshops of an aviation industry enterprise were destroyed, in which unmanned aerial vehicles and loitering ammunition were being modernized,” said the official representative of the department, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

In total, aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Russian groupings of forces hit 74 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 123 districts per day.

In addition, the headquarters of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit on the territory of the DPR.

During the day, air defense systems shot down 11 rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, and also destroyed ten drones.

The situation in the NWO zone

In the Kupyansk direction, air and artillery strikes from the Zapadnaya group hit the manpower and equipment of units of the 14th and 92nd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region and on the territory of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR).

During the day, more than 35 Ukrainian servicemen, one armored personnel carrier and a car were destroyed, the Russian Defense Ministry specified.

In turn, in the Krasnolimansky direction, as a result of air strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the "Center" group of troops, accumulations of manpower and equipment of units of the 66th mechanized, 25th airborne, 95th air assault and 81st -th Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.

As a result, more than 130 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, an infantry fighting vehicle, three armored combat vehicles, a Grad MLRS installation, as well as an ammunition depot of the 66th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.

  • Briefing by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

In the Donetsk direction, as a result of the offensive actions of the assault squads and the fire damage of the Yuzhnaya group of troops, more than 140 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one tank, three pickup trucks, three cars, as well as the Msta-B howitzer were destroyed in a day.

Along with this, two ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed on the territory of the DPR.

In the South-Donetsk direction, units of the 72nd Mechanized, 1st Tank and 35th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Ugledar and Vodyany (DPR) were hit by air and artillery strikes from the Vostok group of troops.

During the day, up to 75 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, three armored combat vehicles and two vehicles were destroyed in this direction.

Three warehouses of ammunition and fuel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were also hit.

In the Kherson direction, as part of the counter-battery fight, a mortar crew of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.

The work of the special forces "Akhmat"

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that Russian troops recaptured the fortified area near the village of Berestovoye in the DPR.

According to him, this was possible thanks to the coordinated actions of the Akhmat special forces and the military personnel of the 2nd brigade of the 2nd army corps of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

“We recaptured a well-equipped fortified area from NATO bandits and Ukrainian Nazis,” Kadyrov wrote on Telegram.

As the head of Chechnya stressed, Russian forces inflicted significant damage on the enemy during the clash.

In turn, the commander of the special forces "Akhmat" and the deputy commander of the 2nd Army Corps of the People's Militia of the LPR, Apty Alaudinov, said that the actions to block Artyomovsk were going well.

According to him, the Russian forces managed to advance significantly on the right side of the city, occupying several large streets.

“The issue of the final capture of the city is connected only with the task of maximizing the preservation of the personnel of our units.

However, the number of enemy destroyed daily in this area makes a huge contribution to the inevitable success of the entire NWO, ”he wrote in Telegram.

Alaudinov also said that the airborne assault units of the RF Armed Forces continue to move forward at a high pace in the Kremennaya-Svatovo directions.

According to the commander of the special forces "Akhmat", the line of contact has moved forward in its entirety, "any enemy forces are being crushed."