The official representative of the Ministry of Defense of Russia Igor Konashenkov at the last briefing spoke about the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: in the Kupyansk direction, our troops stopped the actions of four sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ukraine and destroyed up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, in Krasno-Limansky – up to 110, in Donetsk – up to 90.
The lieutenant general noted that in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, the units of the Vostok troop group continued offensive operations and defeated the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Vuhledar, Prechistovka, Shevchenko of the Donetsk People’s Republic and Dorozhnyanka, Zaporozhye region. There, two artillery ammunition depots of the 68 Jaeger and 72 Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed and up to 100 Ukrainian nationalists were killed and wounded.
In addition, dozens of tanks, armored vehicles, vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, five Akatsiya self-propelled howitzers, one Nona S self-propelled gun, one Grad MLRS combat vehicle, two D-20 and D-30 howitzers and two were burned. MLRS facilities along the entire contact line: Olkha and Smerch, two US-made M777 artillery systems, two US-made Paladin self-propelled artillery mounts, and five US-made counter-battery radars.
During the day, the forces of air defense, aviation, missile troops and artillery units of troop groups (forces) of the Russian Armed Forces defeated: four drones, 17 shells, the 103 artillery units of the Russian Armed Forces Ukraine in the fire positions, manpower and military equipment of the enemy in 143 areas.
BATTLE SUMMARY
In total, since the start of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:
381 – aircraft
204 – helicopter
2980 – unmanned aerial vehicles
402 – anti-aircraft missile systems
7670 – tanks and other armored fighting vehicles
995 – multiple rocket launcher combat vehicles
3956 – field artillery guns and mortars
8218 – special military vehicle units