The Russian Defense Ministry reported the destruction of up to 150 Ukrainian servicemen in the Donetsk direction of the special operation in a day.

According to the official representative of the department, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, three tanks, two armored combat vehicles, four pickup trucks, two cars, a D-20 howitzer, a Gvozdika self-propelled gun, an MT-12 anti-tank gun and two artillery systems were also destroyed in this sector. M777 made in the USA.

As a result of air and artillery strikes by the Vostok group of troops in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, the enemy’s losses per day amounted to 60 people, two armored vehicles, three pickup trucks, three cars and a D-20 howitzer.

In addition, an ammunition depot of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed in the village of Vodiane (DPR).

In the Kherson direction, over 40 Ukrainian soldiers, three armored combat vehicles, three cars, two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts and one Akatsia self-propelled howitzer were destroyed in a day.

In the Kupyansk direction of the NMD, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region were hit by air and artillery strikes from the Western Group of Forces.

During the day, the enemy lost up to 75 people, four Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers, an infantry fighting vehicle, three vehicles and one MT-12 cannon.

In the Krasnolimansky direction, the actions of the group of troops "Center" and artillery fire hit the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement.

settlements of Yampolovka (DPR) and Nevskoe (LPR).

During the day, over 95 Ukrainian soldiers, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, Akatsia self-propelled guns, D-30 and M777 howitzers were destroyed in this area.

  • Briefing by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Russian group of forces hit 78 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, enemy manpower and equipment in 142 districts.

“In the area of ​​​​the settlement of Kazachya Lopan, Kharkiv region, a combat vehicle of the Alder multiple launch rocket system was destroyed,” the Ministry of Defense reported.

- In the area of ​​​​the settlement Dalnee of the Donetsk People's Republic, a Ukrainian combat vehicle of the Uragan multiple launch rocket system was destroyed.

Along with this, American AN / TPQ-36 and AN / TPQ-37 counter-battery radars were destroyed on the territory of the DPR controlled by the Kyiv regime.

In addition, fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the Krasnoarmeysk region (DPR).

During the day, air defense systems intercepted 23 HIMARS, Smerch and Uragan multiple rocket launchers, destroyed 17 Ukrainian drones.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, since the start of the special operation in Ukraine, the Russian military has destroyed in total more than 3.4 thousand drones, almost 8.3 thousand tanks and other armored combat vehicles, as well as 401 aircraft, 220 helicopters and a significant amount of other enemy equipment and weapons .

The work of the National Guard in the LPR

Russian Guard special forces discovered in the LPR a radiosonde used by Ukrainian saboteurs to transmit intelligence data about Russian troops.

According to the press service of the department, in the process of work, the Russian Guardsmen revealed the place where the Iridium satellite complex communicated.

“The coordinates were handed over to the special forces unit of the Russian Guard.

During the reconnaissance of the area in the specified square, a device was discovered, according to preliminary data, which is a weather balloon, which the enemy adapted to transmit intelligence data, ”the commentary says.

As noted in the message, the radiosonde was handed over to specialists for further study.