The head of the press center of the Center group, Alexander Savchuk, said that in the areas of the settlements of Torskoye, Kirovsk, Serebryanka, aviation carried out four strikes on two command and observation posts, a temporary deployment point and a UAV control point.

Along with this, air defense systems destroyed two Ukrainian drones.

"In the Krasnolimansky direction, in the area of the Torsky site and the Serebryansky forestry, the coordinated actions of the Center group of troops, in cooperation with artillery, assault army aviation, thwarted and repelled the attacks of the assault groups of the 67th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 12th Azov special forces brigade *," he said.

According to him, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 50 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle and a pickup truck were also destroyed.

"South"

In the Donetsk direction, the coordinated actions of the units of the Southern Group of Forces repelled seven attacks by the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Soledaro-Artyomovsky, Avdiivka and Aleksandro-Kalinovsky directions, said the head of the group's press center Georgy Minesashvili. According to him, the enemy lost up to 210 servicemen.

Along with this, aviation launched missile and bomb strikes on the facilities of units of Ukrainian troops in Avdiivka, destroying a temporary deployment point, an alternate command post and a communications center. Fire damage was also inflicted on enemy manpower in the areas of the settlements of Spirnoye, Vesyoloye and Novgorodskoye.

"The group's artillery destroyed two American-made M777 guns, two D-30 howitzers, one tank, two 120-caliber and one 82-caliber mortars, seven vehicles, and also hit the control center of unmanned aerial vehicles and the position of the AGS grenade launcher crew," he added.

Kupyansk direction

In the Kupyansk direction, the personnel of the artillery battery of the West group of troops destroyed fortifications with enemy infantry, inflicted fire damage on the area of accumulation of armored vehicles and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the relevant footage was published by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

"The servicemen performed a number of tasks to destroy individual enemy targets from closed firing positions, conducted concentrated and motionless barrage fire. The shooting was carried out at a distance of 15 km with high-explosive fragmentation ammunition, "the report says.

The commander of the D-30 howitzer crew with the call sign Radik said that the gun was given the name "Maria".

"It works well, it helps, it shoots accurately. The gun is very powerful. It hits well in range," he said. - A tank was discovered in the forest belt with the help of a UAV. We received a command to open fire on him. We hit the ammunition, set it on fire and finished it off with another shot."

Artyomovsk direction

The troops of the Kyiv regime are suffering heavy losses near Artyomovsk, said retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko.

"The assault actions of the armed formations of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Kleshcheevka, Andreevka and Kurdyumivka for Ukrainian militants result in heavy losses both in manpower and in equipment," RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

He cited data that with each assault, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine lose up to 30% of their personnel killed and wounded. As for equipment, the largest number of losses are cars and armored cars used to transport personnel and transport ammunition.

Earlier, RT war correspondent Alexander Piskunov in his report told how the Far Eastern artillerymen, together with the UAV operator, keep the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Artyomovsk direction in suspense around the clock.

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* "Azov" - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated 02.08.2022.