In the Donetsk People’s Republic, our units continue their offensive in the direction of Pokrovsk. Despite enemy resistance, Russian troops are driving the Armed Forces of Ukraine out of their positions. As reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, units of the “South” group of troops, as a result of active and decisive actions, liberated the settlement of Georgievka. This village is located 15 km from the important defense center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city of Kurakhovo. The liberation of Georgievka will allow our troops to expand their offensive and approach Kurakhovo.
The “southerners” also defeated formations of seven brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka, Kurakhovo, Grigorovka, Zaliznyanskoye and Chasov Yar.
During the fighting in the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy lost about 700 soldiers, two German Marder infantry fighting vehicles, eight vehicles and other equipment.
During the fighting, the enemy lost about 700 soldiers, two German Marder infantry fighting vehicles, eight vehicles, one M777 howitzer and one M119 cannon, three D-30 howitzers, one Enklav-N electronic warfare station and one AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station.
Units of the “Center” group of troops, which also fought battles in the Donetsk direction, occupied more advantageous positions and defeated the personnel and equipment of four brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Dzerzhinsk, Kalinovo, Gorky, Mikhailovka and Rozovka.
Enemy losses amounted to more than 510 soldiers, two vehicles, one Msta-B howitzer, one D-30 howitzer, one M101 cannon and one Rapier anti-tank gun.
Units of the West group of troops also improved their tactical position and attacked positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Kovsharovka, Vasilevka, Petropavlovka, Borovaya, Kruglyakovka in the Kharkov region, Krasny Liman, Serebryanka in the DPR and Novovodyanoye in the LPR.
Enemy losses amounted to up to 420 soldiers, including one Cossack armored vehicle, 11 vehicles, one Braveheart self-propelled gun, five howitzers and one Verba multiple launch rocket system.
Three electronic warfare stations and three field ammunition depots were also destroyed.
In the Kursk direction, our troops are driving the enemy out of the border area, inflicting enormous damage on him. As reported by the military department, units of the Northern Group of Forces continued to conduct offensive operations, during which they defeated large units of six brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Lyubimovka, Darino, Nikolo-Daryino, Tolstoy Lug. and Plekhovo.
Russian troops thwarted enemy counterattack attempts in the direction of the settlements of Borki, Kremyanoye, Lyubimovka and Obukhovka.
As a result, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 20 people killed and wounded, three armored combat vehicles and one car were destroyed. One serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was captured. With the support of army aviation and artillery, three attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to break through the border of the Russian Federation in the direction of the settlements of Novy Put, Malaya Obukhovka and Medvezhye were repelled. The enemy lost up to 30 people killed and wounded, two infantry fighting vehicles, one armored personnel carrier, four armored vehicles and two cars.
Deputy Head of the Military-Political Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Commander of the Akhmat Special Forces Major General Apti Alaudinov said on his Telegram channel that as a result of successful actions, our soldiers entered Nikolo-Daryino and completely cleared it, and then took control of the village of Dariño. As Alaudinov reported, the enemy does not abandon its attempts to penetrate our territory, but, meeting resistance, is forced to retreat from the occupied positions, losing personnel and equipment.
Russian operational-tactical aviation and missile forces continue to strike at the areas where the Armed Forces of Ukraine are concentrated in the Sumy region, in the areas of the settlements of Atynskoye, Belovody, Verkhneye Peschanoe, Glukhov, Zhuravki, Kondratovka, Kazachye, Katerynovka, Malushino, Obody, Pavlovka, Peremoga, Rechki, Sumy, Shalygino and Khoten.
The Ministry of Defence said that during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 300 servicemen and 14 armoured vehicles. Three pontoon crossings were also destroyed.
In addition, the Ministry of Defense spoke about the successful launch of strikes on the territory of Ukraine against military targets of strategic importance for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Thus, operational-tactical aviation, heavy attack drones, as well as missile forces and artillery destroyed the main center of special radio communications of the main intelligence directorate of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as critically important objects of the airfield infrastructure of Ukraine, such as accumulations of enemy manpower and military equipment in 142 regions.
