The head of the press center of the Center group, Alexander Savchuk, said that in the area of the Torsky sector, units of a motorized rifle regiment, with artillery support, hit militants and equipment of the 60th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
According to Savchuk, during the day, about 120 identified targets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were hit, including more than 60 areas where militants, equipment and fire weapons were concentrated, four strong points and more than 40 artillery positions.
In addition, the Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system shot down a HIMARS missile in the area of Lisichansk (LPR). As Savchuk clarified, the enemy lost 220 military personnel and three vehicles in this sector.
The head of the press center of the Vostok group, Alexander Gordeev, said that a number of targets of Ukrainian troops were hit in the South Donetsk direction over the past 24 hours.
“The fire of rocket and cannon artillery, heavy flamethrower systems hit strong points and places where manpower accumulated of the 23rd brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, the 72nd mechanized brigade and the 128th territorial defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Urozhainy, Ugledar, Dobrovolya, Vodyanoy and Staromayorsky.” , said Gordeev.
Along with this, two enemy attempts to carry out rotations in forward positions were thwarted within 24 hours. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 195 military personnel, three vehicles, two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts and one Akatsiya self-propelled gun.
The press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense also published footage of the work of Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Krasnolimansk direction. The planes hit enemy strongholds and manpower, striking with S-8 aircraft missiles followed by pitching up at an extremely low altitude of 25 m.
The Ministry of Defense also said that scouts from the “South” group destroyed a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry and a camouflaged position of a Javelin anti-tank missile system in the Artyomovsk direction, using, in particular, the Fagot anti-tank complex.
As follows from the message, the commander of the reconnaissance group decided to organize an ambush at the enemy firing point.
“A few hours later, a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry advanced towards the ATGM, covered with a camouflage net. Already on the approach to the enemy position, the scouts opened fire on the enemy. As a result, more than ten nationalists were killed by the Fagot ATGM and the fire of a sniper pair,” the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Subsequently, the enemy firing point and Javelin ATGM were destroyed by attack drones.
In addition, mortar crews from a motorized rifle regiment of the Central Military District disrupted the rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Torsky salient area.
In particular, the crew of the 2B9M “Vasilyok” automatic mortar during combat duty destroyed a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen discovered by scouts in the Serebryansky forestry.
“In several bursts, the mortar crew defeated the manpower of the units of Ukrainian nationalists who were rotating personnel at the strong point and trying to change from the firing position. The success of this combat work was made possible thanks to close cooperation with forward reconnaissance observers and reconnaissance drone operators,” the department said in a statement.
The department also spoke about the operation of the TOS-A1 “Solntsepek” heavy flamethrower systems of the “West” group in the Kupyansk direction.
The crews hit a number of targets, including long-term shelters of Ukrainian militants.
“Dugouts, observation posts, ammunition and provisions depots were hit along with the enemy’s manpower located in them,” the department said.
As the commander of the crew of such a vehicle clarified, the operating principle of the thermobaric shells used in the Solntsepok allows them to hit protected areas of the enemy.