“Airborne attack aircraft captured a stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and captured Ukrainian servicemen in the direction of Artemovsk. The course of the battle was controlled by the commanders of the assault detachments with the help of drones. The crew “From the drone discovered a strong point of the enemy platoon. The artillery worked on the transmitted coordinates, after which the airborne assault units entered into battle,” the military department said.
It is noted that the Ukrainian military responded for a long time, trying to stop the attack of the airborne units. However, after the first grenade landed in their trench, they decided to surrender.
As for other areas of military operations in the special operations zone, the fiercest fighting continues in Donetsk. Over the past 24 hours, units of the “South” force group, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, repelled five attacks by assault groups of the 110th mechanized brigade and the 101st security brigade of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This occurred in the areas of the settlements of Avdeevka, Mayorsk and west of Andreevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
As a result of these fighting, the enemy lost more than 255 servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles, six vehicles and the “Gvozdika” self-propelled artillery installation.
At the same time, in the southern direction of Donetsk, units of the Vostok troop group fired on the positions of units of the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The daily losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 140 servicemen, three armored fighting vehicles and two cars.
Additionally, in the area of the Velikaya Novoselka settlement in the DPR, an airstrike destroyed an ammunition depot of the 37th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the direction of Zaporozhye, in the last 24 hours units of the Russian troop group repelled three attacks with air strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrowers. Militants of the 47th and 71st mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to break through our defensive positions in the areas of the villages of Rabotino and Verbovoye in the Zaporozhye region. The fighting in these settlements lasts more than three months. But the Ukrainian Armed Forces have not yet managed to push back the Russian army.
In the last 24 hours, up to 35 enemy servicemen, one tank, six infantry fighting vehicles, including three American-made Bradleys, and three cars were destroyed in Zaporozhye. In addition, during the counter-battery combat during the day, the American-made M777 and M119 howitzers, two D-30 guns, an Msta-B howitzer and a Ukrainian electronic warfare station against the “Nota” unmanned aerial vehicles were hit.
In the Krasnolimansk direction, active actions of the units of the Center group of forces, strikes by military aviation and artillery fire repelled the attack of the assault group of the 12th Special Forces Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine south of the village of Kuzmino, in the village of Lugansk. Republic. Up to 45 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored fighting vehicles, three pickup trucks and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed.
In the direction of Kupyansk, airstrikes and artillery fire of the “Western” group of troops hit the personnel and equipment of the 68th Jaeger Brigade, the 14th and 32nd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the Novoegorovka and Sinkovka settlements. and Zagoruykovka in the Kharkov region. In the last 24 hours, up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen, three vehicles, two US-made M777 artillery systems, howitzers: French-made TRF1 and D-20, a self-propelled artillery unit “Gvozdika”, as well as one El Turkish-made T-122 Sakarya MLRS combat vehicle was destroyed at this address.
In addition, in the area of the Novenkoe settlement, Sumy region, a command and observation post of a unit of the 106th territorial defense brigade was attacked, and in the area of the Gremyachka settlement, Chernihiv region, a ammunition depot of the 118th territorial defense brigade of Ukraine was destroyed.
In the direction of Kherson, as a result of the damage caused by the fire, up to 80 Ukrainian servicemen and five vehicles were destroyed within 24 hours. During the combat against the battery, the American M777 artillery system, as well as the Msta-B and D-30 howitzers, were hit.
During the day, air defense systems intercepted four HIMARS and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems and destroyed 41 drones.
In total, since the start of the special operation, 467 Ukrainian combat aircraft, 248 helicopters and 6,669 drones of various classes have already been destroyed. Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in tanks: 11,793 armored vehicles.
