The press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that in the period from February 17 to 23, the Russian Armed Forces carried out 37 group strikes with high-precision weapons on Ukrainian military-industrial complex facilities, as well as military airfield infrastructure, arsenals and fuel depots.
In addition, the deployment points of units of the Ukrainian armed forces, nationalist formations and foreign mercenaries were hit.
The strikes were carried out by long-range air-launched weapons, as well as by unmanned aerial vehicles.
As the department emphasized, all designated targets were successfully hit.
Situation on the contact line
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, in the Kupyansk direction, during the week, units of the “West” group of troops improved the situation along the front line and repelled 25 enemy counterattacks in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka (Kharkov region) and Terny (DPR).
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Chugunovka, Petropavlovka, Kislovka (Kharkiv region), Yampolovka, Torskoye (DPR), Stelmakhovka and Chervonaya Dibrova (LPR) militants and equipment of the 30th, 66th mechanized, 10th mountain assault, 25th airborne were hit - airborne brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as the 125th military defense brigade.
Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the SVO in the period from February 17 to 23
According to MoD estimates, the enemy lost over 390 troops, four tanks, 13 armored combat vehicles, 21 vehicles and 25 field artillery pieces.
In the Donetsk direction, units of the “South” group liberated N.
Pobeda village, and also occupied more advantageous positions and defeated the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the village.
Belogorovka, Grigorovka, Krasnoye, Kleshcheevka, Kurdyumovka, Razdolovka, Novomikhailovka, Nevelskoye and Krasnogorovka villages (DPR).
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The villages of Georgievka, Leninskoye, Bogdanovka and Novgorodskoye repelled 12 counterattacks by assault groups of the 79th airborne assault, 24th and 42nd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The enemy lost more than 2,560 military personnel, 12 tanks, 31 armored combat vehicles, 58 vehicles, 13 field artillery pieces and a Grad MLRS combat vehicle.
In the Avdeevsky direction, units of the Center group of forces liberated the city of Avdeevka (DPR) and continued to advance in a western direction.
The Russian Armed Forces defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the village.
villages Orlovka, Solovyovo, Semyonovka, Tonenkoye, Evgenovka and Mirolyubovka (DPR).
Along with this, 39 counterattacks of the assault groups of the 71st Jaeger, 47th, 53rd mechanized, 59th motorized infantry and 3rd assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the village were repelled.
villages of Berdychi, Lastochkino and Pervomaiskoe (DPR).
As the Russian Ministry of Defense clarified, in a week in this direction the enemy lost over 2,900 military personnel killed and wounded, four tanks, 37 armored combat vehicles, 90 vehicles, eight field artillery guns and a Grad MLRS combat vehicle.
In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group improved the situation along the front line and defeated units of the 72nd mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, 102, 108, 127, 128th military defense brigades in the areas of the village.
villages of Vodyanoye, Novodonetskoye, Staromayorskoye, Urozhainoye (DPR), as well as Chervonoye, Priyutnoye and Lugovskoye (Zaporozhye region).
Four attacks by assault groups of the 58th motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled in the areas of the village.
p. Novodonetskoe and Shevchenko (DPR).
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 1,195 military personnel, six tanks, six armored combat vehicles, 23 vehicles and 16 field artillery guns here.
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In the Kherson direction, Russian troops took control of the village.
Krynki village, took more advantageous positions and inflicted comprehensive fire damage on the militants and equipment of the 28th, 65th, 118th mechanized brigades, 35th, 37th marine brigades, 121st and 126th military defense brigades in the areas of the village.
Malaya Tokmachka, Verbovoe, Orekhov, Shcherbaki, Lugovoe (Zaporozhye region), Zolotaya Balka, Mikhailovka, Ivanovka, Tyaginka and Zmeevka (Kherson region).
In addition, three attacks by the 82nd mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village were repelled.
Rabotino village (Zaporozhye region).
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 460 military personnel, five tanks, six armored combat vehicles, 33 cars, six boats and 14 field artillery pieces.
Aviation and air defense systems during the week shot down a MiG-29 fighter, a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force, seven Storm Shadow cruise missiles, a Patriot anti-aircraft guided missile, four S-200 anti-aircraft guided missiles converted to hit ground targets, and three anti-radar missiles HARM, six JDAM guided bombs and 42 HIMARS missiles, as well as 652 drones.
In addition, the missile forces, as a result of a group strike, hit the launcher, tractor, ammunition and transport-loading vehicle of the US-made Patriot anti-aircraft missile system.