The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction over the past day lost up to 275 servicemen.

According to the official representative of the department, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, during the active actions of the units of the Yuzhnaya group of troops, air strikes and artillery fire in the Donetsk direction, two tanks, two armored fighting vehicles, two pickups, a Uragan MLRS combat vehicle, a D-20 howitzer, a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer and an M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery installation made in the United States were also destroyed.

In turn, in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, aviation and artillery of the Vostok group of troops inflicted a comprehensive defeat on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Ugledar and Pavlovka (Donetsk People's Republic), as well as several settlements of the Zaporozhye region.

During the day in these areas, the enemy lost up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen, four tanks, an armored car, a D-20 howitzer, as well as one M777 artillery system produced by the United States.

In the Kherson direction, more than 35 Ukrainian soldiers, one tank, two Grad MLRS combat vehicles, as well as a D-30 howitzer were destroyed during the day.

  • Briefing by the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation

According to Konashenkov, in the Kupyansk direction, air and artillery strikes of the Zapadnaya group of troops hit the enemy's manpower and equipment in the territory of the Kharkiv region and the Lugansk People's Republic. As a result, up to 50 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two cars, as well as the M777 artillery system were destroyed.

In the Krasnolimansky direction, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the "Center" group hit enemy units in the areas of dpr settlements. More than 100 Ukrainian soldiers, two infantry fighting vehicles, two armored fighting vehicles, an Acacia self-propelled artillery launcher, as well as a D-30 howitzer were destroyed.

Aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day hit 93 artillery units in firing positions, as well as manpower and equipment in 186 districts.

Along with this, on the territory of the DPR, the control point of the 59th motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system, as well as the Osa-AKM anti-aircraft missile system and the AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar of the US production were hit.

In addition, the fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force on the territory of the LPR. Air defense systems intercepted eight HIMARS and Uragan rockets during the day, as well as one HARM anti-radar missile. Nine Ukrainian drones were also destroyed.

Reports from the "South" and "East" groups

The groups of troops told details about the work of the Russian military. In particular, the press center of the "South" group said that the Russian military over the past night destroyed the firing positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a field ammunition depot in the area of Marinka (DPR).

"In the area of the village of Marinka, the crews of the 152-mm howitzers "Msta-B" during the counter-battery struggle destroyed the firing positions of self-propelled artillery installations "Gvozdika", as well as a field warehouse with ammunition of nationalists," said the head of the press center of the group "South".

He also added that in the Avdiivka direction, servicemen of the 1st Army Corps identified a temporary point of deployment of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the help of reconnaissance means and thermal imagers.

Later, the coordinates of the point were quickly transmitted to the command post, the targets were destroyed by strikes by army aviation helicopters.

In addition, the press center of the Vostok grouping said that the calculation of the Orlan-10 drone of the Pacific Fleet Marine Corps unit revealed the transfer to a platoon of militants of the 68th Jaeger Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on three cars.

The ensuing artillery strike of the Msta-B guns destroyed an armored car and up to 10 nationalists.

In addition, a mobile group of the enemy from the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted to reconnoiter by combat the advanced units of the Vostok grouping. Mortar fire of Russian troops, corrected from a drone, destroyed the pickup and manpower of the enemy.