“All attacks were repulsed”: the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 3 thousand soldiers in the Belgorod direction in a week

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the actions of the Armed Forces in the Northern Military District zone from March 16 to March 22. Thus, Ukrainian militants attempted to break into the border areas of the Belgorod and Kursk regions, all of which were repulsed.

“All attacks were repelled by the coordinated actions of the troops of the group covering the state border of the Russian Federation. “In a week, in the Belgorod direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than three thousand military personnel and militants of Ukrainian terrorist groups, seven tanks, 15 armored vehicles and 17 vehicles,” the report says.

Earlier, the defense department showed a video of the destruction of an artillery crew of a US-made M777 howitzer in the regions of Ukraine bordering the Belgorod region.

In the Kupyansk direction, during the week, units of the Western Group of Forces defeated the formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the village. Kotlyarovka, Berestovoe, Kislovka, Yagodnoye, Timkovka (Kharkiv region), Chervonaya Dibrova and Nadiya (LPR). Also repelled were 13 counterattacks by assault groups of the 57th motorized infantry, 30th and 32nd mechanized brigades, as well as the 18th brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine near the village. Sinkovka village (Kharkov region) and Terny (DPR). Enemy losses amounted to up to 400 troops, three tanks, three armored combat vehicles, 25 vehicles and 19 field artillery pieces.

In the Donetsk direction, active actions by units of the Southern Group of Forces liberated the Alabastrovaya railway station (DPR) and improved the situation along the front line.

The formations of an air assault, tank, two airmobile, four mechanized and two assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as three defensive brigades near the village were defeated. villages of Razdolovka, Krasnoe, Andreevka, Kleshcheevka, Kurdyumovka, Konstantinovka and Georgievka (DPR). 10 counterattacks of assault groups of the 46th and 81st airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled not far from the village. villages of Belogorovka, Krasnogorovka and Novomikhailovka (DPR). Enemy losses for the week amounted to more than 1,885 troops, six tanks, 13 armored combat vehicles, 41 vehicles, 17 field artillery pieces and nine field ammunition depots.

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In the Avdeevsky direction, units of the “Center” group of troops, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, liberated the village. Orlovka and Tonenkoe settlements (DPR). The manpower and equipment of seven brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the village were defeated. Berdychi, Netaylovo, Semenovka, Pervomaiskoye, Novgorodskoye, Umanskoye and Ocheretino (DPR). 42 counterattacks of the enemy’s 47th Mechanized, 59th Motorized Infantry, 78th Air Assault and 3rd Assault Brigades were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Leninskoye, Novobakhmutovka, Orlovka and Vodyanoye (DPR). Over the course of a week, in this direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 2,195 military personnel, two tanks, 21 armored combat vehicles, 65 vehicles and 28 field artillery guns.

In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of troops liberated N. Mirnoe village (Zaporozhye region) and the tactical position along the front line was improved. The formations of the 1st brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, as well as the 127th and 128th military defense brigades near the village were defeated. Shakhterskoye, Rovnopol and Urozhainoe villages (DPR). Five counterattacks of the 72nd mechanized and 58th motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled near the village. Urozhaynoye and Vladimirovka settlements (DPR). The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to more than 935 military personnel, three tanks, 11 armored combat vehicles, 25 vehicles and seven field artillery guns.

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In the Kherson direction, Russian troops inflicted fire on the formations of the 28th, 65th mechanized, 128th assault brigades, 121st and 126th terrestrial defense brigades, 35th marine brigade in the areas of the village. villages Rabotino, Stepnogorsk, Shcherbaki, Stepnoe (Zaporozhye region), Ivanovka and Nikolskoye (Kherson region). Enemy losses amounted to more than 330 troops, 22 vehicles and 11 field artillery pieces.

In addition, within a week, missile forces, artillery and drones of the Russian Armed Forces groupings destroyed nine Czech-made Vampire MLRS launchers, a battery of the IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile system made in Germany, and two US-made counter-battery counter stations: AN/TPQ-50 and AN/TPQ -36, as well as four Ukrainian electronic warfare stations “Enklav-N”, “Nota” and “Bukovel-AD”.

Aviation and air defense systems destroyed a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force in a week, and also shot down: two Tochka-U tactical missiles, two S-200 anti-aircraft guided missiles converted for attacks on ground targets, 156 rockets from HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems , Vampire, Grad, Alder and Hurricane, as well as 992 drones.