The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the interception of two Storm Shadow missiles supplied to Ukraine by the UK during the NMD.

"Air defense systems intercepted a Grom-2 tactical missile, ten HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, as well as two Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles," said Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense. During the day, 20 enemy drones were also destroyed.

In addition, the Ministry of Defense reported that at night the Russian Armed Forces launched a group strike with high-precision long-range air-launched weapons at the storage sites of ammunition of Ukrainian troops. As Konashenkov noted, the goal of the strike was achieved, all designated objects were hit.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, aviation and artillery of Russian troops hit 78 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, as well as manpower and military equipment in 92 districts during the day.

  • Briefing by the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation

In addition, in the Mykolaiv region, the Ukrainian radar station for detecting and tracking low-altitude targets ST-68UM was destroyed.

The situation in the NWO zone

According to Konashenkov, in the Kupyansk direction, the artillery of the Zapad group hit the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine located in the Kharkiv region. In this sector, the actions of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were also suppressed. The enemy lost up to 35 servicemen, three vehicles and an Msta-B howitzer.

On the Krasnoliman front, aviation and artillery of the Center group hit enemy units in the areas of settlements in the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, more than 60 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, an Acacia self-propelled artillery mount, as well as D-20 and D-30 howitzers were destroyed during the day.

In the Donetsk direction, as a result of air strikes, artillery fire and active actions of units of the "South" group, up to 190 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed during the day. The ammunition depot of the 54th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was also hit.

On the South Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia fronts, aircraft and artillery of the Vostok group defeated enemy units in the areas of several settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region and the Luhansk People's Republic.

During the day in these areas, the enemy lost over 120 servicemen killed and wounded, as well as four cars.

In the Kherson direction, during the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 30 servicemen, five vehicles, a D-30 howitzer and an Acacia self-propelled artillery mount.

RT military correspondents - about the situation on the front line

RT military correspondent Ilya Vasyunin spoke about the situation in the liberated Artyomovsk. The journalist visited the city together with a group of Russian soldiers. According to him, Artyomovsk has been liberated, but artillery duels continue on the ground.

In particular, during the filming of the story, the group was at a distance of less than a kilometer from the place where the battles took place.

  • RT military correspondent Ilya Vasyunin spoke about the situation in Artyomovsk

"The enemy is standing in the village of Ivanovskoye, firing from tanks, mortars, Grad," Vasyunin said.

In the course of moving around the city, the military took refuge from the surveillance of a Ukrainian drone and from the ensuing shelling in one of the garage sectors. When inspecting the space inside the garages, it turned out that the Ukrainian military who were hiding there had dug a hole that allowed them to move underground unnoticed.

In addition, the Russian fighters showed the journalist the fortified area left by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in which they found flags that probably belonged to foreign mercenaries.