Near Artyomovsk, a bridge was destroyed, along which Ukrainian troops tried to transport ammunition and transfer reserves. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

"In the area of the settlement of Chasiv Yar of the Donetsk People's Republic, a bridge was destroyed, along which the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to transport ammunition and transfer reserves to Artyomovsk," Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the department, said during a briefing.

Along with this, the assault detachments continued to conduct offensive operations in the western part of Artyomovsk, while the airborne units supported them and pinned down the enemy on the flanks.

In turn, aviation and artillery defeated enemy manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Kalinovka and Krasnoye (DPR). At the same time, Russian military aircraft made seven sorties, artillery completed 69 fire missions.

The situation in the NWO zone

Also, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said that in the Donetsk direction near Kramatorsk and Avdiivka, two ammunition depots of the 54th and 110th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.

The total losses of Ukrainian troops in this direction amounted to 300 servicemen and mercenaries, three infantry fighting vehicles, four armored combat vehicles, one Grad MLRS combat vehicle, as well as the Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount.

In the Kupyansk direction, the actions of three Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were suppressed and an ammunition depot of the 127th Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed. At the same time, up to 95 Ukrainian servicemen were eliminated by air strikes, artillery fire of the Zapadnaya group of forces, eight vehicles, an Acacia self-propelled artillery mount, as well as one US-made M777 artillery system were disabled.

According to Igor Konashenkov, an artillery ammunition depot of the 66th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was liquidated in the Krasnoliman direction. Up to 65 Ukrainian fighters, an armored combat vehicle, one pickup truck, as well as D-20 and D-30 howitzers were destroyed by aviation and artillery fire.

In the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, the actions of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were suppressed. At the same time, more than 90 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, five vehicles, a D-30 howitzer, as well as one US-made M777 artillery system were destroyed by air strikes and artillery fire of the Vostok group of troops.

In the Kherson direction, up to 80 Ukrainian servicemen, 15 armored combat vehicles, 23 vehicles, an Msta-B howitzer, and three D-30 howitzers were destroyed during a day.

In addition, operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery groups hit 107 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, manpower and equipment in 123 districts.

Air defense systems destroyed two Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the Kherson region, as well as 14 unmanned aerial vehicles in the Kharkiv and Zaporozhye regions, the DPR and the LPR. In addition, seven HIMARS multiple rocket launchers were intercepted.

The work of the crew of the howitzer "Msta-S" in the Zaporozhye region

RT DE correspondent Ivan Polyansky spoke with the crew of the Msta self-propelled howitzer in the NWO zone.

"The firing range is 24 km. Maneuverable, which is very important: when working out on a target, we immediately make a maneuver, go to other reserve firing positions so as not to stand still and not be a tasty target for the enemy," said one of the Russian servicemen.

In addition, the interlocutor of the RT military correspondent was the priest of the Russian Orthodox Church Vyacheslav, who was sent to the NWO zone by the Moscow Patriarchate.

"I see my task being directly at the military units, talking with them. The most important thing for an Orthodox Christian in the NWO zone ... to preserve their humanity," he shared.