Moscow-Sana
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the Russian army inflicted heavy losses on the Ukrainian forces in various axes during the ongoing special military operation to protect Donbass, noting that a Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft and 8 drones were shot down during an air battle in the Donetsk People's Republic in one day.
Ministry spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov said in his briefing today that the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed seven command posts in one day, including the 25th Airborne Brigade, two depots of ammunition, missile and artillery weapons in Ivano-Daryevka and Artemovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic, and a Grad launcher in the reloading area. Four Ukrainian platoons of multiple launchers in several towns of the People's Republic.
Konashenkov explained that during the past 24 hours, Russian high-precision weapons hit the temporary deployment points of the 92nd and 40th Artillery Brigades of the Ukrainian forces in the city of Kharkov, where about 200 Ukrainian soldiers and 19 pieces of military equipment were found.
Konashenkov indicated that Russian operational and tactical aviation, missile and artillery forces bombed during the whole day two command posts of Ukrainian forces and three ammunition depots in the Spornoy region of Donetsk People's Republic, in addition to the centers of manpower and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Konashenkov added that the Ukrainian command lost control of the withdrawn units of the 10th Mountain Attack Brigade, the 72nd and 115th Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as the 118th Regional Defense Brigade.
Konashenkov said that since the beginning of the special military operation, 230 aircraft, 134 helicopters, 1,448 drones, 353 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,904 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 706 rocket launchers, 3,084 artillery batteries and mortars, in addition to 4,002 units of special military vehicles, have been destroyed. .
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