In the Kharkov region: the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the defeat of a temporary deployment point for foreign mercenaries

The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that operational-tactical aviation, missile forces and artillery from groupings of troops of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed a number of Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities within 24 hours. Among them are a radar guidance point, a combat control vehicle and two launchers of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system. Along with this, a temporary deployment point for foreign mercenaries in the Kharkov region was hit, as well as manpower and military equipment in 138 districts.

Air defense systems shot down a Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near the village of Raiskoye (DPR). During the day, 228 Ukrainian drones, four HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems and one US-made JDAM guided aerial bomb were also intercepted.

Situation on the contact line

In the Kupyansk direction, units of the “West” group of troops, in cooperation with operational-tactical aviation, hit concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 60th mechanized and 4th tank brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the village. Yampolovka and Terny (DPR).

The enemy lost up to 30 troops, as well as two infantry fighting vehicles, four vehicles and a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount.

In the Donetsk direction, units of the “South” group of troops improved the situation along the front line and defeated the formations of the 31st mechanized and 92nd assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the village. Konstantinovka and Novodmitrovka villages (DPR).

According to estimates by the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Ukrainian side lost up to 510 military personnel, as well as three tanks, four armored combat vehicles (including a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier) and 27 vehicles.

During the counter-battery fight, two multiple launch rocket systems, six self-propelled artillery units, including three Polish-made Krab self-propelled guns, an Msta-B howitzer, two D-30 guns and a Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station were hit. In addition, 11 warehouses with ammunition of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed.

In the Avdeevsky direction, units of the Center group of troops occupied more advantageous positions and defeated the formations of the 47th mechanized, 59th motorized infantry, 68th Jaeger and 25th airborne brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the village. villages of Pervomaiskoye, Berdychi, Tonenkoye and Vodyanoye (DPR).

Along with this, two counterattacks by assault groups of the 24th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled in the areas of the village. Leninskoe and Shumy village (DPR). According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Ukrainian troops lost up to 295 people, as well as an American Abrams tank, five armored combat vehicles and five cars.

During the counter-battery fight, a Grad multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle, an Akatsiya self-propelled gun, a Gvozdika self-propelled gun, two D-30 howitzers and a US-made M119 gun were hit.

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In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of troops improved the tactical situation and inflicted fire damage on the personnel and equipment of the 72nd mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the 102nd and 108th military defense brigades in the areas of the village. villages of Komsomolskoye, Malinovka (Zaporozhye region) and Staromayorskoye (DPR).

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 120 military personnel, three tanks, two armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks.

Along with this, the Krab self-propelled guns, two US-made M777 howitzers, a combat vehicle of the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system and an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit.

In the Kherson direction, units of the Dnepr group of troops inflicted fire on accumulations of manpower and equipment of the 35th Marine Brigade and the 128th Terrestrial Defense Brigade in the areas of the village. Novotyaginka village (Kherson region) and Dobraya Nadiya (Dnepropetrovsk region). The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 50 military personnel, as well as five vehicles, two D-20 howitzers and the Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station.