Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the Russian military is improving its tactical position in many areas in the NWO zone. As the minister said during a meeting with the participation of Vladimir Putin, the enemy is trying to conduct offensive operations in several directions, but has not been successful.

"In almost all directions, they are facing our active defense. I would like to note that in many areas we manage to improve our tactical position. In fact, no progress has been made anywhere," Shoigu said.

According to him, in none of the offensive campaigns this year have Ukrainian troops been able to achieve significant success and have suffered noticeable losses.

"After the start of the summer campaign on June 4, the enemy suffered, if not substantial, then large, serious losses in manpower and equipment - hundreds of tanks... almost 1,5 armored vehicles," the minister said.

According to him, the situation in the conflict zone as a whole looks stable, and Russian troops are acting professionally.

Summary of the progress of the NWO

As follows from the new report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the NWO, in the Kupiansk direction, units of the Western Group of Forces in the course of active operations with the support of aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems repelled ten attacks by assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Novoegorovka (Kharkiv region) and Makiivka (LPR).

The manpower and equipment of the 112th Territorial Defense Brigade, the 14th Mechanized, the 95th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Petropavlivka, Kupyansk and Petrovskoye (Kharkiv region) were hit.

According to the Ministry of Defense, the enemy lost up to 85 servicemen, two tanks, two armored combat vehicles, a D-20 gun and two 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts.

  • Statement by the Chief of the Press Center of the Center Group of Forces

In the Krasnolimansk direction, thanks to the coordinated actions of units of the "Center" group of troops, air and artillery strikes, two attacks by assault groups of the 67th Mechanized Brigade and the 12th Special Forces Brigade "Azov"* were repelled in the area of the village of Chervonaya Dibrova (LPR) and the Serebryansky forestry.

In addition, in the areas of the settlements of Torskoye, Serebryanka and Grigorovka (DPR), the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit. The enemy lost up to 65 people, two armored combat vehicles, a pickup truck and two D-30 howitzers.

In the Donetsk direction, units of the Southern Group of Forces, supported by aviation and artillery, repelled ten attacks by assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Klishchiivka, Andreevka and Maryinka (DPR).

Aviation strikes hit the manpower and equipment of the 10th Mountain Assault, 53rd, 93rd and 110th Mechanized Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Kurdyumovka, Belaya Gora and Georgievka (DPR). According to the Russian side, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 460 servicemen killed and wounded. Three tanks, two armored combat vehicles and 12 vehicles were also destroyed.

During the counter-battery fight, two US-made M777 artillery systems, a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount, two D-20 guns, as well as an Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer were hit.

In addition, an ammunition depot of the 54th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed in the area of Slavyansk (DPR).

In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of troops, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, hit the manpower and equipment of the 58th, 72nd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 128th territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novomikhailovka, Vuhledar and Urozhayne (DPR). The enemy lost more than 70 people, two vehicles, and Hyacinth-B and Msta-B howitzers. In the areas of Zeleny Hai and Oleksiivka (Zaporizhzhia region), two ammunition depots were destroyed.

In the Zaporizhzhia direction, units of Russian troops, supported by aviation and artillery, repelled an enemy attack near the village of Verbove. In addition, in the areas of the settlements of Mala Tokmachka and Novodanylivka (Zaporizhzhia region), the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit. The enemy lost up to 55 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks.

During the counter-battery fight, the M777 artillery system, the Krab self-propelled howitzer and the Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer were hit.

In the Kherson direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 65 servicemen, 12 vehicles, a D-30 howitzer, as well as an electronic warfare station. In the area of Kherson and the village of Nikolske (Kherson region), two ammunition depots were destroyed. The activities of a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group on the island of Korabelka were suppressed.

Aviation, drones, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit the manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 119 districts. In particular, in the area of the village of Sergeevka (DPR), the P-18 radar station for detecting and tracking air targets was hit, and in the Khmelnytskyi area and at the Starokostyantyniv airfield (Khmelnytsky region), missile and artillery weapons depots and aviation fuel storage facilities were hit. At the Myrhorod airfield in the Poltava region, a communications center was destroyed.

Air defense systems shot down two MiG-29 fighters and one Su-25 attack aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the areas of Arkhangelsk (Kherson region), Dmytrivka and Zvonetskoye (Dnipropetrovsk region).

Along with this, two shells of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system were intercepted and 31 drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.

* Azov is an organization recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated 02/08/2022.