The head of the press center of the Vostok group of forces, Alexander Gordeev, said that during the day, bomber aircraft, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems hit a number of Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in the South Donetsk direction.
According to him, strong points and places where manpower accumulated were hit by the 58th motorized infantry brigade, the 72nd mechanized brigade, the 127th and 128th territorial defense brigades in the areas of Urozhaynoye, Vodyanoye, Priyutnoye and Vladimirovka.
“14 temporary deployment points, six control points for unmanned aircraft, warehouses for fuel and lubricants and military-technical equipment, as well as two electronic warfare stations were destroyed,” Gordeev said.
In addition, within 24 hours, three enemy attempts to carry out rotations at forward positions in the areas of Staromayorsky and Ravnopol were thwarted.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, in one day the enemy lost up to 200 military personnel, a tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, a British-made FH-70 towed howitzer, two US-made M198 howitzers, eight vehicles and six drones.
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The head of the press center of the Center group, Alexander Savchuk, said that in the area of the Torsky sector, the fighters of the association, with the support of artillery, hit the assault groups of the 98th mechanized battalion of the 60th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In addition, in the area of the Chervonodibrovsky sector, two assault groups of the 63rd mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were hit by artillery fire.
“In total, within 24 hours, 140 enemy targets were hit by fire, of which more than 100 areas where equipment and manpower were concentrated and about 30 field artillery positions,” Savchuk said.
According to the Ministry of Defense, the enemy lost up to 305 troops in this sector. Also destroyed were the Krab self-propelled guns, four vehicles, and 15 armored combat vehicles, including a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle and a D-30 howitzer.
Along with this, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense spoke about the work of military personnel of various branches of the military in several sectors of the Northern Military District. In the Krasnolimansk direction, a strike group of army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit manpower and a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense clarified that the group includes the Ka-52 Alligator reconnaissance and attack helicopter, the Mi-35M transport and combat helicopter and the Mi-8 multi-purpose helicopter.
“Today we carried out the task of destroying a disguised enemy stronghold. The strike was carried out by unguided aircraft missiles NAR S-8. We reached the line, launched missiles, then performed an anti-missile maneuver with a roll to the left, after which we returned to our home point,” said the pilot of the Ka-52 attack helicopter.
The Ministry of Defense also spoke about the work of the crews of the sound broadcasting stations of the Vostok group of troops, which have a psychological impact on the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. From the speakers of such vehicles, calls are most often heard to enemy soldiers with an offer to surrender their weapons in exchange for guarantees of life and safety.
“In this area we turned on the sound of heavy tracked vehicles. Before that, when we moved to other areas, there was a funeral march for five hours, the cries of children, women, the names of the dead servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the Ministry of Defense quotes the words of the commander of the sound broadcasting station with the call sign Grandfather.
He added that in some areas the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not offer serious resistance after such exposure and simply surrendered.