The press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that in the Kupyansk direction, units of the West group of forces improved the tactical situation and defeated the manpower and equipment of the 14th mechanized, 25th airborne, 68th Jaeger brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 12th brigade The National Guard of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovka, Serebryanka (DPR) and Sverdlovka (LPR).

Along with this, three counterattacks of the 32nd mechanized and 57th motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled in the areas of the village.

Sinkovka village (Kharkov region) and Terny (DPR).

The enemy lost up to 165 troops, as well as a tank and three vehicles.

During the counter-battery fight, three Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mounts (SPGs) were hit, as well as a US-made M198 howitzer.

In the Donetsk direction, units of the "South" group, as a result of active hostilities, occupied more advantageous positions along the front line, defeated formations of the 5th, 92nd assault, 22, 28 and 54th mechanized, as well as the 56th motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in areas n.

villages of Bogdanovka, Kleshcheevka, Andreevka, Zakotnoye and Pershe Travnya (DPR).

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Novomikhailovka and Pobeda (DPR) repelled two counterattacks by the 31st and 33rd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the enemy lost up to 260 military personnel, as well as two tanks, two armored personnel carriers, two armored combat vehicles, 14 vehicles, an Msta-B howitzer and two Gvozdika self-propelled guns.

Three Ukrainian Armed Forces ammunition depots were also destroyed.

In the Avdeevsky direction, units of the "Center" group of forces, as a result of coordinated actions, occupied more advantageous lines and positions.

The military personnel of the association inflicted fire on militants and equipment of the 23rd, 42nd, 47th, 53rd, 61st, 92nd mechanized and 59th motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the village.

Novopokrovskoye, Ocheretino, Novoselovka Pervaya and Toretsk (DPR).

Three attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces assault groups, as well as nine counterattacks, were repelled in the areas of the village.

villages Berdychi, Tonenkoye, Pervomaiskoye, Orlovka and Vodyanoye (DPR).

As the Russian Ministry of Defense clarified, the enemy lost up to 460 military personnel here.

Two tanks were also destroyed, and one of them, the American Abrams, was destroyed by the crew of the T-72B3 tank with the first shot.

In addition, a self-propelled firing installation of the Buk anti-aircraft missile system, four infantry fighting vehicles, two armored combat vehicles and five vehicles were destroyed.

During the counter-battery fight, an Msta-B howitzer, two US-made M119 howitzers, a US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle, and a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar were hit.

In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of forces, as a result of active operations, improved the tactical situation and hit enemy militants and equipment in the areas of the village.

Mirnoye and Ugledar (DPR).

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 210 military personnel, as well as two tanks, three cars, a launcher for the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system and an ammunition depot.

In the Kherson direction, units of the Dnepr group of troops defeated militants and equipment of the 118th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the 126th terrestrial defense brigade and the 23rd brigade of the National Guard in the areas of the village.

Rabotino, Verbovoe (Zaporozhye region), Tokarevka, Sadovoe (Kherson region) and Vysshetarasovka (Dnipropetrovsk region).

The enemy lost up to 30 military personnel, as well as two vehicles.

Aviation, drones, missile forces and artillery from groups of the Russian Armed Forces hit a number of targets, including aviation equipment, aviation ammunition and fuel depots at the Lozovatka (Dnipropetrovsk region) and Starokonstantinov (Khmelnitsky region) airfields and an ammunition depot of the Donetsk operational-tactical group.

In 113 districts, manpower and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged.

During the day, air defense systems shot down nine US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, as well as a French-made AASM Hammer guided aerial bomb.

In addition, 135 Ukrainian drones were destroyed.