The Russian Defense Ministry said that over 180 servicemen in the Donetsk direction were lost per day by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to the official representative of the department, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, as a result of the active actions of the Yuzhnaya group of troops, as well as air and artillery strikes, two tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, five vehicles, and a self-propelled howitzer "Acacia "and self-propelled howitzer" Gvozdika ".

In turn, in the South-Donetsk and Zaporizhia directions, aviation and artillery of the Vostok group of troops hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​​​Ugledar and several other settlements of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as in the Zaporozhye region.

In these areas, the enemy lost up to 65 military personnel, one tank, two armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks, as well as the Msta-B howitzer per day.  

In the Kherson direction, more than 50 Ukrainian servicemen, two cars and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed by artillery fire in a day, the Ministry of Defense specified.

In the Kupyansk direction, as a result of air strikes and artillery fire from the Western Group of Forces, enemy manpower and equipment were hit in the areas of several settlements of the Luhansk People's Republic and the Kharkov region.

In addition, the actions of ten sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were suppressed on the territory of the Kharkov region and the LPR.

In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 60 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, as well as an Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer per day in this direction.

In the Krasnolimansky direction, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit by air strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the Center group.

The enemy lost up to 130 servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles, three armored fighting vehicles, three vehicles and the Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer in this direction.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, aviation, missile troops and artillery of the RF Armed Forces hit 87 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, as well as manpower and equipment in 207 districts.

On the territory of the DPR, the Ukrainian radar station for detecting low-flying air targets 36D6 was destroyed, and the headquarters of the 59th motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was also hit.

During the day, air defense systems shot down four HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and destroyed five Ukrainian drones.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 398 aircraft, 217 helicopters, more than 3.3 thousand drones, 410 anti-aircraft missile systems, over 8.2 thousand tanks and other armored combat vehicles, more than 1 thousand combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems have been destroyed. fire, more than 4.3 thousand field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as more than 8.7 thousand units of special military vehicles.

Artyomovsk and Avdeevskoe direction

Units of the Wagner PMC completely control the eastern part of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut), Yevgeny Prigozhin said.

“The divisions of PMC Wagner occupied the entire eastern part of Bakhmut.

Everything east of the Bakhmutka River is completely under the control of the Wagner PMC," Prigozhin said, his words are quoted by the press service.

Earlier, the head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, said that the capture of Artemovsk would allow an offensive deep into the defense of the Ukrainian troops.

In turn, adviser to the acting head of the DPR, Yan Gagin, said that Ukrainian troops in the Avdiivka direction are trying to contain the Russian offensive, which reduces their activity in shelling Donetsk.

According to RIA Novosti, Gagin, during a visit to the advanced positions near the Avdeevka industrial zone, noted that the enemy was forced to stretch equipment along the entire line of contact and was more busy holding back the Russian offensive.

However, according to him, the cities located near the line of contact "receive their share every day."

“Donetsk is shelled every day, but the intensity, of course, is not the same as it was in summer.

And it’s really noticeable,” he said.