The press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that aviation, drones, missile forces and artillery from groupings of Russian Armed Forces hit a number of targets in Ukraine over the past 24 hours.

Among them is an ammunition depot and a temporary deployment point for foreign mercenaries in the area of ​​the village of Merefa (Kharkiv region). In 135 districts, manpower and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged.

Air defense systems shot down a Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near the city of Kramatorsk (DPR), and also destroyed 196 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and intercepted 18 HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems.

Situation on the contact line

In the Kupyansk direction, units of the “West” group of troops improved the situation along the front line and defeated enemy manpower and equipment in the areas of the village. Rozovka, Raigorodka, Zhovtnevoe (LPR) and Terny (DPR). The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 125 military personnel and four vehicles in this sector.

In the Donetsk direction, units of the “South” group occupied more advantageous positions and hit military personnel and equipment of the 28th mechanized, 92nd assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 241st terrified defense brigade in the areas of the village. villages of Kleshcheevka, Kurdyumovka and Krasnogorovka (DPR).

The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this direction amounted to 340 military personnel. A tank and eight vehicles were destroyed. During the counter-battery fight, two 152-mm Msta-B howitzers, a 152-mm D-20 howitzer, two 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts (SAU), three 122-mm D-30 howitzers, and three Ukrainian Armed Forces ammunition depot.

In the Avdeevsky direction, units of the Center group of troops improved the situation along the front line and hit enemy formations of the 24th, 47th mechanized, 3rd assault and 25th airborne brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the village. villages of Orlovka, Berdychi and Tonenkoye (DPR).

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In addition, in the area of ​​n. Pervomaiskoe village (DPR), a counterattack of the assault group of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was repelled. The enemy lost up to 305 troops, two armored combat vehicles, two cars, as well as a US-made 155-mm Paladin self-propelled gun.

In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group improved the tactical position and inflicted fire damage on the personnel and equipment of the 58th motorized infantry, 72nd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as the 128th military defense brigade in the areas of the village. villages of Vodyanoye, Storozhevoye and Ugledar (DPR).

During the day, the enemy lost up to 105 military personnel, three vehicles, a 155-mm M777 howitzer made in the United States, as well as a 122-mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle.

In the Kherson direction, units of the Dnepr group inflicted fire on formations of the 28th mechanized and 128th mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the village. Mirnoe and Pyatikhatki villages (Zaporozhye region).

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 35 military personnel, three vehicles, and a Grad multiple launch rocket system in this sector.

RT military correspondents - about the situation in the Northern Military District zone

RT military correspondent Vlad Andritsa showed the work of the Leningrad Regiment 1486 in Kleshcheevka. The battalion commander with the call sign Topaz spoke about the work of one of the observation posts, whose tasks include monitoring air targets and the hidden movement of the enemy. According to him, recently the enemy has begun to actively use FPV drones.

“During the existence of this post, 52 enemy drones were destroyed that tried to destroy our equipment and personnel,” he said.

According to the military man, the post is staffed by fighters who have experience working on the line of combat contact.

Along with this, the Russian military noted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces use churches as shelters and conduct indiscriminate shelling. The Russian Armed Forces, in turn, do not use heavy artillery in populated areas, but use selective weapons, in particular FPV drones.