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The Russian army destroys American-made weapons and shoots down two Ukrainian fighters and helicopters

2022-07-17T12:15:40.759Z


Moscow, SANA- The Russian Defense Ministry announced that the special military operation to protect Donbass resulted in the past few hours


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The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that, during the past 24 hours, the special military operation to protect Donbass resulted in the destruction of a Harpoon missile depot, a US-made HIMARS launcher, the downing of a Su-25 fighter and a Mi-17 helicopter, in addition to targeting And the destruction of hundreds of Ukrainian military targets, including weapons depots and command centers.

Ministry spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov said in a press briefing today that the high-precision strikes of the Russian aerospace forces on the temporary stationing center of the 92nd Ukrainian Mechanized Brigade in the city of Chugov in the Kharkov region led to the neutralization of about 200 personnel of the brigade's second and third battalions and 10 pieces of armored vehicles. .

Konashenkov pointed to the increasing number of escapees of the elements against the backdrop of heavy losses in the ranks of the Ukrainian armed forces, as the 58th Company of the 104th Regiment of the Ukrainian Regional Defense Brigade in the Donetsk Republic left its positions in full and fled in an unknown direction.

He pointed out that the Russian forces, using long-range air missiles, targeted an industrial facility in the city of Odessa, which resulted in the destruction of a warehouse of anti-ship missiles (Harpoon) sent by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries to Ukraine, and a launch pad was destroyed in the town of Krasnoarmesk in the Donetsk Republic. And a mechanism for packing and transporting American-made (HIMARS) rocket launchers.

Konashenkov stated that as a result of the strike on the positions of the 97th Regiment of the 60th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Forces in the Zaporozhye Oblast, 65 Ukrainian Nazis were neutralized and 10 pieces of their special vehicles were destroyed.

He stated that high-precision weapons destroyed four headquarters of the Ukrainian command and four management centers, including the 59th mechanized infantry brigade in Nikolaev province, the 242nd regiment of the regional Vanguard Brigade in Kharkov province and six ammunition depots in the Donetsk Republic, Zaporozhye and Sumy provinces. Combat equipment and manpower were also destroyed in 19 regions.

Konashenkov said that the pursuit of the Russian aerospace forces had shot down a Ukrainian helicopter (Mi-17) in the Donetsk Republic, and the Russian air defense forces had shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft and a drone in the Kharkov region.

Konashenkov noted that operational and tactical aviation, missile forces and artillery targeted 21 command posts, manpower and combat equipment in 189 regions.

Konashenkov pointed out that a battery of rocket launchers, nine positions of the Gatsent B howitzer and D-30 guns were also destroyed in the Donetsk Republic, in addition to a Tochka-O ballistic missile in the Kharkov, Zaporozhye and Lugansk regions, and six Uragan and Hemars rocket launchers. .

According to Konashenkov, since the start of the special operation, 257 fighters, 140 helicopters and 1,558 drones have been shot down, 355 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,084 tanks and other armored vehicles, 747 rocket launchers, 3,151 field guns and mortars and 4,379 special military vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been destroyed.

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Source: sena

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