The Russian Defense Ministry announced a massive strike with high-precision long-range air and sea-based weapons on enterprises that provided the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
As specified in the department, the blow fell on the sites that provided the Ukrainian military with fuel and ammunition.
According to the official representative of the department, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, the goals of the strikes were achieved, all designated targets were hit.
“As a result of the strike, the supply of fuel to the groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was disrupted, and the possibilities for the production of explosives, gunpowder and solid rocket fuel in Ukraine were significantly reduced,” said a representative of the Russian Defense Ministry.
The situation in the NWO zone
From the latest information report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, it follows that accumulations of enemy manpower and equipment located in the Kharkov region and the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) were hit in the Kupyansk direction.
During the day, up to 80 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and six vehicles were destroyed in this direction.
In turn, in the Krasnolimansky direction, as a result of the enemy’s fire damage by the “Center” group of troops on the territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, about 90 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, two armored combat vehicles, a Grad MLRS installation and two Akatsiya self-propelled howitzers were destroyed ".
Briefing by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
Up to 200 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two vehicles, as well as two D-30 and one D-20 howitzers were destroyed in the course of offensive operations and artillery fire from the Yuzhnaya group of forces in the Donetsk direction.
Among other things, an ammunition depot of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near Avdiivka (DPR).
In the South-Donetsk and Zaporizhia directions, aviation and artillery of the Vostok group of forces inflicted fire damage on Ukrainian units in the area of Vogledar (DPR), as well as several settlements in the Zaporozhye region.
During the day, the enemy lost more than 70 military personnel, an infantry fighting vehicle, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, an Uragan MLRS installation, two D-20 howitzers, and an M777 artillery system made in the United States in this direction.
An ammunition depot of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was also destroyed in the area of Vuhledar.
In the Kherson direction, up to 35 Ukrainian servicemen, 12 vehicles, two Akatsia self-propelled howitzers, and one HIMARS multiple launch rocket system were destroyed per day.
In addition, two ammunition depots of the 124th and 129th territorial defense brigades were hit near Kherson and the village of Vyshetarasovka (Dnipropetrovsk region).
Aviation, rocket troops and artillery hit 97 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 106 districts in a day.
In addition, air defense systems shot down a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force near Nikolsky (Kherson region).
Among other things, nine Ukrainian drones were destroyed during the day, and three HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and one HARM anti-radar missile were intercepted.
The work of the National Guard in the DPR
The National Guard reported on search activities in three regions of the DPR, as a result of which the department’s fighters removed and destroyed a large amount of ammunition and explosives in compliance with security measures.
NATO samples of small arms and artillery weapons, combat vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a self-propelled artillery mount were also found.
In addition, places of illegal residence of former military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were found in abandoned private houses.
Correspondence with the special services of Ukraine and photographs of engineering communications networks that are under protection were found in their phones.