The minister emphasized: to disrupt the elections in Russia, the kyiv regime used terrorist methods to influence the people. “There were targeted attacks on polling places and government institutions where only civilians were present. Both the command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and their Western advisors were aware of this,” Shoigu said.
To prevent terrorist attacks, the security of government and social facilities was strengthened and the air defense system was strengthened. The measures turned out to be timely. During the election events, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down 419 drones and 67 missiles.
Since the beginning of the year, four Abrams and five Leopard tanks, 27 Bradley vehicles, six MLRS Haymars launchers and five Patriot complexes have been destroyed.
In addition, the militants tried to capture border settlements in the Belgorod and Kursk regions. The most active actions took place in the area of the village of Kozinka.
“All enemy attacks were successfully repelled, it was expelled beyond Russian territory,” the Minister of Defense reported to the board of directors.
He mentioned the number of enemy losses. In the sense of the action of the groups covering the state border, during the eight days of fighting by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, more than 3.5 thousand, or more precisely, 3,501 people disappeared. Furthermore, 790 of them are irreparable losses.
Additionally, 23 tanks and 34 armored vehicles were destroyed, including 11 American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. And also five launchers of the Vampire multiple launch rocket system and a Mi-8 helicopter.
The minister also said that the army and navy recorded a record turnout in the voting: 99.8 percent of personnel. Special attention was paid to the organization of their expression of will in the New World Order zone.
Shoigu spoke in detail about the situation there. He said that now groups of Russian troops continue to drive the enemy from their positions and do not allow him to gain a foothold in new lines.
According to the minister, due to the heavy losses suffered in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, cases of desertion have become more frequent. Furthermore, looting against civilians is rampant in Ukrainian-controlled territory.
“The United States and its satellites are extremely concerned about the successes of the Russian Armed Forces. It is becoming increasingly difficult for them to argue to the Western community about the need for more financing and supply of weapons and ammunition to the Armed Forces of Ukraine”, said the head of the Russian military department. “In this context, the Ukrainian command is forced to throw the remaining reserves into battle and use the most expensive examples of foreign technology.”
All this did not change the situation in the area of the Northern Military District in favor of the enemy. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, four American Abrams and five German Leopard tanks, 27 Bradley vehicles, six MLRS Haymars launchers and 11 anti-aircraft missile system launchers, including five Patriots, have been destroyed since the beginning of the year. .
– In general, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during this period, that is, since the beginning of this year, exceeded 71 thousand people and 11 thousand units of various weapons. This is almost three times higher than in the same period last year,” stated the Minister of Defense.
