The crew of the Grad multiple launch rocket system of a group of troops covering the state border of the Russian Federation destroyed, along with its ammunition, a Ukrainian RM-70 Vampire MLRS of Czech production, which had been shelling populated areas of the Belgorod region for several days.

As reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense, the enemy vehicle was in a swampy, difficult terrain. Her defeat was recorded by the drone's thermal imager.

It is noted that the Russian artillery crew does not consider the destroyed installation to be a special target. In their opinion, they have completed their daily mandatory task.

Last week, troops of the Kyiv regime repeatedly shelled the territory of the Belgorod region, including with the help of the RM-70 Vampire MLRS. Thus, on the morning of April 6, air defense systems on duty shot down ten rockets.

Strike on the airfield where Ukrainian Armed Forces aircraft are based

On the night of April 8, Russian troops hit the Dolgintsevo airfield in the Krivoy Rog region, where Ukrainian air force aircraft were based, said Sergei Lebedev, a representative of the pro-Russian underground.

“Night arrival. Krivoy Rog, Dolgintsevo, thundered once. There is no alarm,” TASS quotes him as saying.

The day before, according to Lebedev, a new foreign anti-aircraft air defense system was destroyed in the area of ​​Kharkov airport. According to him, the military equipment of the Kyiv regime troops was hit by a Geranium unmanned aerial vehicle.

Destruction of nationalists near Chasovoy Yar

A large group of militants from the nationalist unit “Azov”* was destroyed on the outskirts of Chasov Yar. This information was provided by Advisor to the Head of the Donetsk People's Republic Igor Kimakovsky.

“On the outskirts of Chasov Yar, a large group of the notorious Azov unit was destroyed. Most of them were located in residential areas of one of the microdistricts. Destroyed along with the oporniks,” TASS quotes him as saying.

According to him, the losses of the nationalists reach several hundred people: “It is difficult to say more precisely, since they are buried under the rubble of high-rise buildings in which they were located at the time of the attacks of our Aerospace Forces.”

Along with this, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that a unit of the assault battalion named after the Hero of Russia, Major Viktor Omelkov, of the Ivanovo Airborne Forces unit from the Southern Group of Forces, during the assault, captured a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the outskirts of the village of Chasov Yar.

Earlier, RT military correspondent Sargon Khadaya reported that soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces were launching an attack on Chasov Yar, which is of great strategic importance. As indicated in the Military Chronicle, Russian units are already working inside city blocks from Borisoglebskaya, Vishnevaya and Koshevoy streets.

The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian troops, Alexander Syrsky, speaking about the situation at the front for the Kyiv regime, noted that the situation remains especially difficult to the east of the village of Chasov Yar, in the Pervomaisky and Vodyanoy areas.

Combat work in the DPR

On one of the sections of the line of combat contact in the Donetsk direction, operators of unmanned aerial aircraft of the 1st Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 1st Army Corps detected the movement of Ukrainian troops.

Afterwards, the operators of attack drones, together with tankers of the 1st Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 1st Army Corps of the Southern Group of Forces, attacked the stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, destroying the manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian nationalists.

In the South Donetsk direction, crews of the Fagot portable anti-tank missile systems of the artillery formation of the Vostok group of troops from the Republic of Buryatia are destroying armored vehicles and dugouts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in positions near Ugledar, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

According to the commander of an anti-tank platoon with the call sign Stary, they receive targets from scouts, after which the crew moves into position to strike the enemy column.

“In fortified areas, we use Fagot to hit enemy personnel, dugouts and observation posts can be covered,” added the operator-gunner with the call sign Sparrow.

In addition, in this section of the front, the crew of the Su-34 aircraft carried out precise strikes with high-explosive aerial bombs with a universal planning and correction module on the command post and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

* “Azov” is an organization recognized as terrorist by a decision of the Supreme Court of Russia dated August 2, 2022.