Official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashenkov.
Photo: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that on Tuesday, a high-precision strike on the 179th joint training center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Poltava destroyed foreign instructors who were training specialists in communications and electronic warfare for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They also trained drone operators from all military formations and units of the armed forces of Ukraine. They were trained to carry out attacks on civilian targets on Russian territory.
And on Wednesday morning, hypersonic aeroballistic complexes “Dagger” arrived in Lviv after the drones. They gutted the enterprises of the military-industrial complex, where electronic components of aircraft and missile weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were assembled and repaired.
“The objectives of the strike have been achieved. All the designated goals have been achieved,” said the official representative of the Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov at the last briefing, and proceeded to list the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the past 24 hours along the entire combat line of the special operation.
Thus, units of the Northern group of troops in the Kharkov region destroyed up to 75 Ukrainian servicemen, units of the Western group of troops destroyed up to 480 Ukrainian militants, units of the Southern group of troops – 670, Center – 480, Vostok – 150, Dnieper – 80.
In addition to 1,935 Ukrainian servicemen and foreign mercenaries, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Syrsky lost in 24 hours: 9 field warehouses with weapons and ammunition, two armored vehicles, including the American-made MaxxPro armored vehicle, a dozen British and American howitzers, as well as dozens of vehicles.
Meanwhile, units of the “Center” group of troops completely liberated the village of Karlovka, and soldiers of the “East” group of troops liberated the village of Prechistovka from the Donetsk People’s Republic.
Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of our group of forces also defeated enemy concentrations of manpower and military equipment in 129 regions.
Lieutenant General Konashenkov praised the good combat work of the air defence units, which shot down 11 American HIMARS missiles and 30 drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
BATTLE REPORT
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:
642 – airplane.
283 – helicopter.
31017 – unmanned aerial vehicles.
575 – anti-aircraft missile systems.
17814: Tanks and other armoured combat vehicles.
1435: Multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles.
14039 – field artillery guns and mortars.
25556 – units of special military vehicles.
