The Russian Ministry of Defense has published a new report on the progress of the special military operation. According to the ministry, during the day in the Donetsk direction, units of the group of troops "South", in cooperation with aviation and artillery, repelled four attacks by assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Kleshcheevka and Mayorsk (DPR).

In this sector, the enemy lost up to 275 troops, four armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, three US-made M777 artillery systems and a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount. In the area of Avdiivka, an ammunition depot of the 110th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.

In the Zaporizhzhia direction, units of Russian troops, supported by aviation, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems, repelled two attacks by the 47th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Rabotino (Zaporizhzhia region) during the day. In addition, to the west of the village of Verbovoye in the same region, an accumulation of manpower and equipment of the 80th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit. As a result, more than 145 Ukrainian servicemen and three cars were destroyed.

During the counter-battery fight, two M777 artillery systems, a British-made FH-70 gun, as well as three D-30 howitzers and one D-20 were hit.

  • Statement by the head of the press center of the "Center" group

In the Krasnoliman direction, thanks to the coordinated actions of the units of the Center group of forces, as well as strikes by army aviation and artillery, two attacks by assault groups of the 63rd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Torskoye (DPR) were repulsed.

The Ukrainian side lost up to 55 people, one tank, two armored combat vehicles and a D-20 gun.

In the Yuzhno-Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of forces repelled an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Novomayorskoye (DPR). Air and artillery strikes hit the manpower and equipment of the 72nd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Vladimirovka (DPR).

According to the Ministry of Defense, the enemy lost more than 175 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, two D-30 howitzers and one D-20 gun.

In the Kupyansk direction, thanks to air strikes and artillery of the Zapad group of forces, manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit in the areas of the settlements of Sinkivka, Berestove and Kislovka (Kharkiv region).

As a result, up to 20 Ukrainian soldiers, two vehicles, US-made M109 Paladin and Gvozdika self-propelled guns, the M777 artillery system, and a US-made AN / TPQ-48 counter-battery radar were destroyed. In addition, a field ammunition depot of the 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed in the area of Kislovka.

In the Kherson direction, up to 75 Ukrainian servicemen, four vehicles and two Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mounts were destroyed. In addition, an ammunition depot of the 126th Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed near the settlement of Sadove (Kherson region).

Over the past day, the forces of the Black Sea Fleet discovered and destroyed two unmanned boats of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of a semi-submersible type in the southwestern part of the Black Sea.

Aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated enemy manpower and military equipment in 137 districts during the day.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, in the area of the settlement of Novomikhailovka (DPR), the communications center of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed, and in the area of the settlement of Novolozovatka (Dnipropetrovsk region), a radar station for detecting and tracking air targets P-18 was destroyed.

Air defense systems intercepted three HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and destroyed 41 Ukrainian drones.