Moscow-Sana
The Russian Defense Ministry announced that, during the past day, Russian forces destroyed six ammunition depots for the Ukrainian forces and a launcher for S-300 anti-aircraft missiles, as well as dozens of Ukrainian soldiers.
Ministry spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov said in a press briefing today that the Ukrainian forces suffered heavy losses, as high-precision missile strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces at the temporary deployment point of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade battalion in the Artemovsk region killed up to 70 personnel and more than five armored vehicles.
The spokesman added that in the village of Tobolinoy in the Kherson region, as a result of the strikes with high-precision weapons of the Russian aerospace forces on the fighting positions of the Ukrainian forces, the 60th Infantry Brigade battalion of the Ukrainian forces lost its combat ability during the past 24 hours alone, and more than 130 soldiers of this unit were liquidated.
The spokesman explained that during the withdrawal on July 25 from the town of Pokrovskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, the remnants of the 15th battalion of the 58th mechanized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian forces came under heavy fire from militants of the 118th Regional Defense Brigade who occupied the positions of the second line of defense near Bakhmotskoye.
Operational-tactical aviation, army aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Federation continue to bombard military installations on Ukrainian territory. During the whole day, nine command posts were destroyed, including the 68th Infantry Brigade in the Pavlovka region of the Donetsk People's Republic, the 53rd mechanized brigade in the Mali Scherbaki district of the Zaporozhye region and the 28th mechanized brigade in the Donetsk region Posad Pokrovskoye, Kherson region, manpower and military equipment were neutralized in 173 districts, six ammunition depots were destroyed in the Seversk, Paraskovka and Konstantinovka regions of the Donetsk People's Republic, Ternovka and Govtnevoy in the Nikolaev suburbs.
Konashenkov added that a Su-35S multirole fighter of the Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian launcher of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system in the Kramotorsk region, and two batteries of the Uragan multiple launch system were damaged near the town of Krasnyi Oktyabr, a battery of Grad multiple launchers and an artillery battery from the Russian Federation. Howitzers near the town of Severskvi and its positions.
According to the spokesman, during the day, five artillery platoons of D-20 guns and nine artillery platoons of D-30 guns were damaged in the towns of Obotenoy, Andreivka, Severnoy, Novo Mikhailovka, Velikaya Novosolka, Vodnoye, Georgovka, Kristichi, Donetskoy, settlement areas of the Donetsk People's Republic, Kolbakino, Nikolaevsky, Dubroy, Nikolaevsky, Dobroy and in the outskirts of Kharkov.
Russian air defense systems destroyed three marches in Kamenka, Kharkov region, Yasinovataya and Staromykailovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, two missiles of the Olkha multiple launch system were intercepted near Makeyivka in the Donetsk People's Republic, and nine other Uragan launchers in the Chernobayevka regions of the Kherson region and Tobolsky in the Kharkivovka region of the Donetsk People's Republic Donetsk People's Republic.
The spokesman indicated that since the beginning of the special military operation, a total of 260 aircraft, 145 helicopters, 1,625 drones, 359 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,172 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 764 rocket launchers, 3,207 field guns and mortars, in addition to 4,515 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.
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