Senior officer of the press center of the “West” group, Yaroslav Yakimkin, said that the artillerymen of the association hit more than 150 targets in the Kupyansky direction per day.
“During the day, the artillery units of the group carried out fire strikes on over 150 objects. Including at the temporary deployment point, accumulations of manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” he said.
In addition, motorized rifle units, in cooperation with artillery, repelled three counterattacks by assault groups of the 43rd mechanized and 25th separate airborne brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Timkovka and Sinkovka areas.
Along with this, during the counter-battery fight, the crew of the Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer hit an enemy mortar crew in the Ivanovka area.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 60 military personnel, three mortar crews, two pickup trucks and a 120-mm 2S1 Gvozdika artillery mount in this direction.
The head of the press center of the "South" group, Vadim Astafiev, said that in the areas of the settlements of Bogdanovka, Georgievka and Belogorovka, 13 attacks by assault groups of the 42nd mechanized, 79th air assault, 81st airmobile brigades and 112th brigade were successfully repelled territorial defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In addition, with the support of air strikes and artillery fire, the fighters of the “South” group occupied more advantageous lines and positions.
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Along with this, a tank, three vehicles, and two field artillery ammunition depots were hit by anti-tank guided systems, loitering ammunition and artillery.
Among other things, during the counter-battery fight, two American-made 155-mm M777 howitzers and a 152-mm D-2 howitzer were destroyed. In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 240 servicemen wounded and killed in the sector.
The press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense also said that the BMP-3 of the South group forced the enemy infantry to retreat from the strong point. The report notes that the enemy was detected using a drone.
“The combat vehicle moved to a pre-prepared firing position and opened fire with high-explosive fragmentation shells from a 100-mm cannon. The distance to the target was more than 4 km. Having suffered losses, the enemy was forced to retreat,” the Ministry of Defense said.
In addition, a group of Ussuri paratroopers in the Artyomovsk direction destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry in a platoon strong point, also using BMP-3.
“The crews of the armored group suppressed the enemy’s defensive positions with 100-mm cannons, destroying a large number of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel. We completed the defeat of the enemy with direct fire from a twin 30-mm automatic cannon,” the department said.
It is noted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants abandoned their weapons and equipment, fleeing the battlefield.
In addition, crews on Mi-28 helicopters as part of a mixed tactical group attacked enemy strongholds and manpower in the Donetsk direction with unguided aircraft missiles.
“During the execution of the combat mission to support the ground forces, army aviation pilots, using the coordinates of the aircraft gunner, launched missiles from a pitching maneuver and destroyed the control center and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” the Ministry of Defense said.
It is clarified that after the strike, the pilots performed anti-missile maneuvering at an extremely low altitude with the shooting of heat traps.