According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, in the Kupyansky direction of the special operation, thanks to the active actions of units of the West group of troops, units of the 30th and 32nd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit within 24 hours and three counterattacks were repelled in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Sinkovka (Kharkiv region).

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 55 servicemen, two pickup trucks, and the Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount here.

In the Donetsk direction, units of the “South” group of troops improved the situation along the front line, inflicted fire damage on units of the 28th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 241st military defense brigade in the areas of the village.

Krasnoe and Kurdyumovka settlements (DPR).

Along with this, in the area of ​​n.

Bogdanovka village (DPR) repelled a counterattack of the assault group of the 42nd mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

In this sector, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 395 people, two tanks, four armored combat vehicles, nine cars, as well as the Gvozdika self-propelled gun and the D-30 howitzer.

In the Avdeevsky direction, units of the Center group of forces continued to occupy more advantageous lines and positions, and also defeated concentrations of militants and equipment of the 24th and 53rd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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In areas n.

Pervomaiskoye and Lastochkino (DPR) repelled two counterattacks by assault groups of the 59th mechanized and 3rd assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the enemy lost up to 425 military personnel killed and wounded, as well as three tanks, ten armored combat vehicles and 24 vehicles.

In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of forces inflicted fire on the formations of the 108th Terrorist Defense Brigade in the area of ​​the village.

Lugovskoe village (Zaporozhye region).

In addition, in the area of ​​n.

Shevchenko village (Zaporozhye region) repelled a counterattack of the assault group of the 58th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The enemy lost up to 125 people, six vehicles, as well as the US-made M777 artillery system.

In the Kherson direction, as a result of coordinated actions of units of the Dnepr group of forces in cooperation with artillery, a complex fire defeat was inflicted on the formations of the 65th and 118th mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the village.

Rabotino and Verbovoe villages (Zaporozhye region).

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 35 military personnel, eight vehicles, an M777 artillery system, a Gvozdika self-propelled gun, a D-30 howitzer and a field ammunition depot.

Aviation, drones, missile forces and artillery from groups of troops of the Russian Armed Forces hit militants and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 117 regions.

Air defense systems shot down two MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the areas of the village.

Yasenovoye and Selidovo settlements (DPR).

Within 24 hours, a JDAM guided aerial bomb and two US-made HIMARS missiles were intercepted.

Along with this, 92 Ukrainian drones were destroyed.

RT military correspondent's story about the Donetsk filtration station

RT military correspondent Igor Zhdanov prepared a report from the Donetsk filtration station, which since the beginning of 2022 has been under the full control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The station's task is to provide Donetsk with water.

In the military correspondent’s story, Russian soldiers said that there was no assault on the facility as such, since the Ukrainian Armed Forces military personnel surrendered at the call of the Russian Armed Forces.

“We were preparing for the assault, we were going to climb through the pipe, through the dungeon.

Roughly speaking, “Tsar’s Hunt 2.0” (an operation to capture a fortified area of ​​the Armed Forces of Ukraine, during which fighters of the Russian Armed Forces moved underground. -

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) should have happened.

In the end, everything happened spontaneously.

The drone dropped a column with slogans and calls: “Surrender, we will not kill you.”

And the division commander's phone number.

They called and said they wanted to surrender.

They were given half an hour, they jumped out.

All that’s left is to go in and clean it up,” said a fighter with the call sign Drake.

Meanwhile, the military correspondent noted that the station cannot yet supply water to residential buildings, since the Ukrainian side retains control over the Seversky Donets River.