Units of the "Center" group of troops: The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the destruction of an Abrams tank in the Avdeevsky direction

A US-made Abrams tank was destroyed in the Avdiivka direction over the past 24 hours.

This follows from the report of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the situation in the Northern Military District zone.

According to the department, in the Avdeevsky direction, units of the Center group of troops liberated the settlement of Severnoye (DPR), occupied more advantageous lines and positions, and also defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 24th, 110th mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and 103rd th Terrestrial Defense Brigade near N.

villages of Mayorsk, Berdychi and Rozovka (DPR).

Nine counterattacks of Ukrainian Armed Forces assault groups were repelled near the village.

Novgorodskoye, Pervomaiskoye and Petrovskoye settlements (DPR).

“The enemy lost up to 485 troops, two tanks, including US-made Abrams, three infantry fighting vehicles, including Bradley, six armored combat vehicles, 13 vehicles, and two D-30 howitzers,” the report said.

The day before, the Military Chronicle wrote that the first Abrams tank deployed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Northern Military District zone was destroyed near Avdeevka.

The military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was disabled by the Lancet, which was controlled by soldiers of a unit of the 15th separate motorized rifle brigade from Samara.

Commenting on the video that appeared of a destroyed US-made tank, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov recalled the words of Russian soldiers who claimed that Abrams tanks would burn in the same way as others.

Governor of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo, in turn, added that the American tank was burning “even brighter” than the German Leopard.

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Situation on the front line

In the Kupyansk direction, units of the Western Group of Forces took up more advantageous positions; they inflicted fire damage on enemy manpower and equipment in the area.

Sinkovka and Ivanovka settlements (Kharkiv region).

At the same time, two counterattacks by assault groups of the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled near the village.

Terny village (DPR).

Enemy losses included up to 30 military personnel, as well as two vehicles, an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount and a Gvozdika self-propelled gun.

In the Donetsk direction, units of the Southern Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line, defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 3rd assault, 28th, 72nd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the village.

Bogdanovka, Kurdyumovka and Antonovka villages (DPR).

Also repelled were seven counterattacks by assault groups of the 46th airmobile and 79th airborne assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village.

villages of Krasnogorovka, Georgievka and Novomikhailovka (DPR).

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 420 military personnel, as well as two armored personnel carriers, four vehicles, a US-made M777 artillery system, a UK-made FH-70 howitzer, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount and a UK-made L119 howitzer.

In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of forces, in cooperation with aviation, inflicted fire on accumulations of manpower and equipment of the 127th and 128th territorial defense brigades near the village.

Levadnoye (Zaporizhzhya region), Urozhaynoye and Staromayorskoye (DPR) and repelled three attacks by assault groups of the 102nd Terrestrial Defense Brigade near the village.

Marfopol village (Zaporozhye region).

Enemy losses included up to 130 military personnel, as well as two vehicles, a British-made FH-70 towed howitzer and the Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station.

In the Kherson direction, as a result of active actions, Russian units took more advantageous positions and repelled three counterattacks by assault groups of the 118th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ​​the village.

Rabotino village (Zaporozhye region).

In addition, fire damage was caused to concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 65th mechanized, 128th mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 23rd brigade of the National Guard and the 121st military defense brigade near the village.

Nesteryanka village (Zaporozhye region) and Ilyinka (Dnipropetrovsk region).

The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 40 military personnel, as well as two infantry fighting vehicles and two vehicles.

The Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station was destroyed.

In addition, operational-tactical aviation, drones, missile forces and artillery of military groups hit a fuel depot for military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a radar station for detecting and tracking air targets P-18, a control post of the 128th Terrestrial Defense Brigade, as well as manpower and military equipment enemy in 112 areas.

Air defense systems near the village.

Mikhailovka village (Nikolaev region) a Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down.

Also, one HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and 69 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the DPR, LPR, Kharkov, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.