Military equipment manufactured in the USA, Great Britain, Germany, and Poland was destroyed by the Russian military over the past 24 hours in the zone of a special military operation. This was reported by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
In the Kupyansk direction, the active actions of units of the Western Group of Forces inflicted fire on units of the 30th and 32nd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and repelled four enemy counterattacks in the area of the village of Sinkovka (Kharkiv region).
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 45 military personnel and two pickup trucks. During the counter-battery fight, a German-made Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled artillery mount, three Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, and a US-made M119 gun were hit.
In the Donetsk direction, units of the Southern Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line, inflicting fire damage on units of the 28th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 241st Terrorist Defense Brigade near the village. villages of Kurdyumovka and Krasnoe (DPR), and also repelled an attack by assault groups of the 42nd mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village. Bogdanovka village (DPR).
The total losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to over 395 military personnel, three tanks, including a Leopard made in Germany, three M113 armored personnel carriers made in the USA, four armored combat vehicles and nine cars. During the counter-battery fight, a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount, a D-20 howitzer, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, and a D-30 howitzer were hit.
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In the Avdeevsky direction, units of the Center group of forces continued to occupy more advantageous lines and positions, and also defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 24th and 53rd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In areas n. Lastochkino and Pervomaiskoye (DPR) repelled four counterattacks by assault groups of the 59th mechanized and 3rd assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The enemy lost up to 425 military personnel killed and wounded, a tank, four armored combat vehicles, and five vehicles.
In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of forces inflicted fire on formations of the 108th Terrestrial Defense Brigade near the village. Lugovskoe village (Zaporozhye region). At the same time, a counterattack of the assault group of the 58th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village was repelled. Shevchenko village (Zaporozhye region).
Enemy losses amounted to up to 190 military personnel, a tank and four vehicles. During the counter-battery fight, the following were hit: the M777 artillery system made in the USA, the FH-70 howitzer made in the UK, the MT-12 Rapier anti-tank gun, as well as the Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station.
In the Kherson direction, as a result of coordinated actions of units of the Dnepr group of troops in cooperation with artillery, a complex fire defeat was inflicted on units of the 65th, 118th mechanized and 82nd air assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village. villages of Rabotino, Orekhov and Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).
Ukrainian Armed Forces losses: up to 120 military personnel, three pickup trucks, a US-made M777 artillery system, a US-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery mount, a Gvozdika self-propelled gun and a D-30 howitzer.
In addition, operational-tactical aviation, drones, missile forces and artillery from groupings of troops of the Russian Armed Forces hit manpower and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 117 regions.
Air defense systems shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the sky above the city. Belozerka village (Kherson region). Seven UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles, a US-made Patriot anti-aircraft guided missile, and three US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems were intercepted. In addition, 124 unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed.