Air defense systems of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation shot down two Mi-8 helicopters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a day, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

“Air defense systems in the areas of the settlements of Temirovka, Zaporozhye region and Dvurechnaya, Kharkiv region, shot down two Mi-8 helicopters of the Ukrainian Air Force,” Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said during a briefing.

According to him, seven HIMARS and Uragan multiple rocket launchers were intercepted in a day, and a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed in the air over the Chervoniy Mayak settlement in the Kherson region.

In addition, operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery hit the command posts of the 111th Territorial Defense Brigade and the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Krasny Liman and Drobyshevo (DPR), as well as the ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine located on the territory of the enterprise "Ukrenergochermet" near the city of Zaporozhye.

The situation in the areas of the special operation

In the Kupyansky direction, artillery fire hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Masyutovka, Dvurechnaya and Pershotravneve of the Kharkiv region, as well as Novoselovskoe of the Luhansk People's Republic.

At the same time, the actions of five sabotage and reconnaissance groups were stopped near the settlements of Stelmahovka (LPR), Sinkovka, Liman Pervy and Berestovoye (Kharkiv region).

Enemy losses per day amounted to 45 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and four vehicles.

In the Krasnolimansky direction, the active actions of units, attacks by assault and army aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems hit the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Ploshchanka (LPR), Tern, Yampolovka and Grigorovka (DPR).

“In a day, up to 100 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, four pickup trucks, a D-30 howitzer and a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed in this direction,” said Igor Konashenkov, official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry.

Earlier, retired Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR Andrei Marochko said that Ukrainian troops were preparing their positions in the Krasnolimansky direction for defense.

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More than 220 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, three armored fighting vehicles, seven vehicles and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed in the Donetsk direction.

In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, the actions of three sabotage and reconnaissance groups were suppressed, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit by artillery fire.

Enemy losses exceeded 50 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, four vehicles and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed.

In the Kherson direction, during the counter-battery fight, the Gvozdika self-propelled artillery installation was put out of action.

Avdiivka

Russian troops have virtually liberated the city of Krasnogorovka, north of Avdiivka, retired colonel Eduard Basurin, a military expert, said.

“Mopping up operations are going on in the outskirts,” TASS quoted him as saying.

It should be noted that from Krasnogorovka, Ukrainian troops regularly fire at Donetsk and Yasinovataya.

The day before, the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck, firing ten shells of 155 mm caliber at the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, as a result of which two civilians were killed - a father and his eight-year-old son.

Earlier it was reported that units of the 1st Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces began to consolidate on the outskirts of Krasnogorovka.