The Russian Ministry of Defense reports on the advance of our group in the direction of Kupyansk. According to the information of the military department, the assault detachments of the “Western” group of troops carried out offensive operations in the designated areas of responsibility and improved their tactical situation.
In the next “meat attacks” only in this direction up to 170 mercenaries of the kyiv regime will lose their lives. Among them there are quite a few professional military men – rangers and paratroopers. Also in these battles the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost a tank, five armored fighting vehicles, three pickup trucks and the US M777 artillery system.
The official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov at a recent briefing reported on the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in other parts of the line of contact: in the direction of Zaporozhye, in four attacks near Rabotino, the Forces Armed In Ukraine they killed 80 of their attack aircraft, in Donetsk – up to 180, in Krasno-Limansky – up to 60, in Yuzhno-Donetsk up to 145, in Kherson up to 20.
Thus, another 655 mercenaries of the kyiv regime did not reach the 33rd Independence Day of Ukraine. Kiev also lost two sabotage groups, a Polish Krab self-propelled gun, a German Panzerhaubitze 2000, four M119 and M109 Paladin howitzers (USA), a US-made AN/TPQ-48 counter-battery radar, and dozens of combat vehicles. .
During the day, the operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of our group defeated the P-18 radar station for detecting and tracking air targets in Zaporozhye, as well as military manpower and materiel of the enemy in 143 regions. In addition, two command posts of the 67th mechanized brigade and the 81st airmobile brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were attacked in the Serebryanka and Dronovka areas of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
Konashenkov highlighted the combat work of the air defense units, which intercepted a HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and 18 Ukrainian drones in the skies of Donbass.
Over the past 24 hours, the kyiv regime has continued its indiscriminate terror attacks against peaceful Russian settlements.
Thus, last night two UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were shot down over the territory of the Mozhaisk and Khimki districts of the Moscow region. The third was suppressed by electronic warfare and, having lost control, collided with the building of the Moscow city complex under construction.
Another combat drone was shot down over the Belgorod region. But already in the morning, several Ukrainian drones dropped grenades on a sanatorium near the village of Lavy, in the Belgorod region. The explosions injured Ukrainian refugees who were walking down the street with a sanatorium employee. Three died from shrapnel wounds.
BATTLE SUMMARY
In total, since the start of the special military operation, have been destroyed:
462 – aircraft.
246 – helicopters.
5970 – unmanned aerial vehicles.
431 – anti-aircraft missile systems.
11457 – tanks and other armored fighting vehicles.
1144: multi-launch rocket system combat vehicles.
6011 – mortars and field artillery guns.
12390 – units of special military vehicles.
