The Russian Defense Ministry said that the Russian Armed Forces destroyed a hangar with Ukrainian drones during the SVO.

"In the area of the village of Sukhoi Liman in the Odessa region, a hangar with unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed," said the official representative of the department, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit 87 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, as well as manpower and equipment in 109 districts.

On the territory of the DPR, an ammunition depot of mercenary units from the "Foreign Legion" was hit. In addition, in the Zaporozhye region, the AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery warfare radar station produced by the United States was destroyed.

Along with this, air defense systems intercepted three rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system during the day. Also, 18 Ukrainian drones were shot down.

Situation on the areas of the SVO

In the Kupyansk direction, as a result of active actions of units, as well as air strikes and artillery strikes of the Zapadnaya grouping of troops, the enemy's manpower and equipment were hit.

Up to 60 Ukrainian soldiers, two armored fighting vehicles, two vehicles, a D-20 howitzer and two Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery units were destroyed.

  • Briefing by the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation

In the Krasnolimansky direction, air strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the "Center" group of troops hit enemy units on the territory of the Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics.

During the day, up to 125 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three armored combat vehicles and one MLRS Grad combat vehicle were destroyed.

In the Donetsk direction, as a result of the active actions of the units of the Yuzhnaya group of troops, air and artillery strikes, more than 380 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, ten cars, one pickup truck and two Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers were destroyed during the day.

In the South-Donetsk and Zaporizhia directions, air and artillery strikes of the Vostok group of troops hit the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Ugledar and Novomikhaylivka (DPR), as well as Lugovske and Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye region).

Enemy losses in these areas per day amounted to: more than 40 military, two pickups, a D-30 howitzer and a Krab self-propelled artillery installation.

In the Kherson direction, as a result of the enemy's fire defeat, up to 40 military Armed Forces of Ukraine, two cars, a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer and an M777 artillery system produced by the United States were destroyed per day.

MILITARY OFFICERS RT on the situation on the frontline

RT's war correspondents continue to cover the situation in the SVO zone. An attack aircraft with the call sign Derbent, working as part of the Akhmat special forces of the 2nd Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces, told RT military officer Vlad Andritsa about the battles in the Northern direction.

The military said that in the event of the elimination of the commander, the Ukrainian military may try to escape. According to the fighter, Russian servicemen have recently witnessed such behavior.

"I removed the commander. The guys came in from the right flank. Three were removed, the rest (five) were simply knocked down and that was it. Even the Kalash abandoned! We're going, we're not giving up, we're going all the time. If something does not work out for us in the first assault, then an hour later the second one begins. We still take a position," he said.

In turn, RT military officer Andrei Filatov spoke about the battles for Vodiane in the Yasynuvatsky district of the DPR. According to him, this point was extremely important to take.

"Already from this direction there will be a fulcrum to clean up further. If we provide a bridgehead for a further offensive to the north, then Avdiivka will be surrounded and it will be possible to finally eliminate the threat of shelling Donetsk," explains Andriy.

He explained that the threat of shelling the city from mlrs "Grad" will remain, but the combat potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area will be significantly reduced.