The Russian Defense Ministry announced concentrated attacks with high-precision long-range air and sea weapons on airfields, command posts and deployments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They fell into assembly workshops and storage sites for unmanned ships, as well as missiles, weapons and military equipment received from Europe and the United States.
“The goal of the strikes has been achieved. All designated objects were hit,” Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told a briefing.
He also said that during the day, the armed forces of Ukraine continued unsuccessful attempts at offensive operations, which led to the senseless death of hundreds of servicemen from the military formations of the Kiev regime.
The lieutenant general listed the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day: in Donetsk, in nine attacks, the Armed Forces of Ukraine killed more than 210 soldiers, in the defense of Kleshcheevka in four attacks, in Krasnolimansky up to 185, in Yuzhno-Donetsk to 16, in Zaporozhye more than 280, in Kupyansk more than 35, in Kherson up to 25.
In some parts of the contact line, our soldiers developed a large-scale offensive. The result is impressive: since July 23, the advance of the assault detachments of the troop group “Center” in the area of the settlement of Sergeevka of the Lugansk People’s Republic has amounted to 12 kilometers along the front and three kilometers in the depth of the enemy’s defense.
In addition to the 871 mercenaries of the Kiev regime, our soldiers removed the ammunition depots of the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 100th Territorial Defense Brigade, two sabotage groups, two British FH-70 howitzers, a Czech RM-70 Vampire multiple-launch rocket system, an American AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery station, 26 tanks, dozens of infantry fighting vehicles, as well as many other military equipment.
In addition, during the day, operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces of our group destroyed aviation fuel depots, two P-18 radar stations for detecting air targets, a fuel depot of the 47th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and artillery defeated 109 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, military manpower and equipment in 123 districts.
Konashenkov noted the combat work of air defense units that five HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and 20 Ukrainian drones were intercepted during the day.
COMBAT SUMMARY
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following persons have been destroyed:
457 – aircraft.
244 – helicopters.
5291 – Unmanned aerial vehicle.
426 – Anti-aircraft missile systems.
10966 – tanks and other armored fighting vehicles.
1140 – Multiple launch rocket systems.
5636 – field artillery guns and mortars.
11920 – Special military vehicle units.
