Three planes of the Air Force of Ukraine were shot down in the zone of a special military operation over the past day.

This was announced during a briefing by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov.

“Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the areas of the settlements of Rozovka and Dimitrov of the Donetsk People's Republic shot down Su-24 and MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.

A Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft was shot down by means of air defense in the area of ​​​​the village of Tyaginka in the Kherson region, ”Konashenkov said.

Also, air defense systems destroyed eight Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, intercepted two HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and three Tochka-U ballistic missiles.

In addition, operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated 97 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, as well as manpower and equipment in 135 districts per day.

“In the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe village of Glukhoye, Dnipropetrovsk region, temporary deployment points for marines and special operations forces were hit,” the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry emphasized.

The situation on the line of contact

According to an official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen, three pickup trucks, a US-made M777 artillery system and a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed by army aviation strikes and artillery fire in the Kupyansk direction.

In the Krasnolimansky direction, the active actions of the units of the "Center" group of forces, air strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems liquidated about 180 Ukrainian servicemen, six armored combat vehicles, the installation of the Grad MLRS, a D-20 howitzer and a counter-battery radar station.

In the Donetsk direction, an artillery ammunition depot was destroyed in the Avdiivka area (DPR).

At the same time, over 120 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, as well as D-20 and D-30 howitzers were destroyed by the active actions of the units of the Southern Group of Forces, air strikes and artillery fire.

In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, operational-tactical aviation and artillery of the Vostok group of forces inflicted a comprehensive fire defeat on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Enemy losses amounted to over 90 servicemen, three tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, two armored fighting vehicles, two pickup trucks, an Msta-B howitzer and a D-20 howitzer.

In addition, two warehouses with ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Ugledar (DPR) and Malinovka (Zaporozhye region).

“In the Kherson direction, during the counter-battery fight, the US-made M777 artillery system and two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts were destroyed,” Konashenkov concluded.

“Once again, Russia is confronted by almost a whole empire of various enemies”

The West, prolonging the agony of Ukraine, hopes to weaken its long-standing and most important geopolitical adversary - Russia.

This opinion was expressed by Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev in his article in the National Defense magazine.

“But the West is artificially prolonging its agony in the hope that in this way it will be possible to wear down and weaken Russia, its long-standing and most important geopolitical adversary.

Further, as unnecessary, the used will be handed over to the scrap.

This is exactly what the West has always done, even with their beloved sons of bitches.

Kyiv leaders of this, it seems, until the end and did not realize.

But what to take from them - the mind has never been their forte, ”Medvedev wrote.

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He also noted that the total amount of American military assistance to Kyiv will soon reach $50 billion, this is without taking into account European “transfers”.

According to him, Russian gunsmiths "dismantled the trophies captured during the NMD and learned from there" a lot of useful things for themselves.

“Once again, we are confronted by almost a whole empire of various enemies: Ukrainian and European neo-fascists, the United States, other Anglo-Saxons and their vassals (about fifty countries).

They set themselves the goal of strangling and wiping our country off the face of the earth.

Will not work.

We are stronger, and now this is also obvious, ”added the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

Speaking about Russia's self-sufficiency, he noted that it makes no sense to put pressure on the country, and it is useless to order and intimidate: “We are free in our actions, we are aware of our goals and responsibilities.

And stand up for themselves in the forces themselves, without anyone's pointers and handouts.