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The Russian Defense Ministry announced that its forces successfully repelled the attacks of the Ukrainian forces in the direction of Kobyansk, consisting of two reinforced battalions, on the axis of the towns of Pershtrovinoy and Yagodnoye and the settlements of the Kharkov region, to eliminate more than 100 Ukrainian soldiers, and destroy two tanks, five infantry fighting vehicles, and four special vehicles.
As a result of the intensive strikes of the Russian forces against the reserves of the Ukrainian army advancing towards Petropavlovka in the Kharkov region, more than 110 Ukrainian soldiers were eliminated from the strength of the 14th Mechanized Brigade and the 19th Battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, spokesman of the Russian Defense Ministry Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov said in a press briefing today.
In the direction of Krasnolimansky, during another unsuccessful attempt to cross the Zerbets River by two reinforced companies of the Ukrainian armed forces, Russian forces killed more than 30 Ukrainian soldiers, destroyed three infantry fighting vehicles and five pickups, the spokesman added.
As a result of the strikes of the Russian Air Force on the temporary deployment points of the 17th Tank Brigade and the 92nd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in the vicinity of Seversk, Novoy and Yambolovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, more soldiers were eliminated, more than 100 Ukrainian soldiers were killed, the spokesman added. Destruction of 12 units of Ukrainian military equipment.
The spokesman confirmed that the Russian forces repelled the counterattack attempt by the 115th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 1st Brigade of the Ukrainian President's Guard in the direction of south Donetsk, and more than 90 Ukrainian soldiers were liquidated, and two tanks, eight armored fighting vehicles, and six special vehicles were destroyed.
The spokesman explained that in the direction of Zaporozhye, high-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces bombed the temporary deployment point of foreign mercenaries in the city of Zaporozhye, and more than 160 militants were destroyed.
The spokesman indicated the enemy’s attempt to carry out offensive operations in the direction of Nikolayev Krivoy Rog, with forces consisting of three tactical battalions, a tank battalion, and a battalion of the National Guard, which arrived from western Ukraine in the direction of the towns of Sukhanov, Pyatkhatka, Sadok, Ichinka, Proskinskaya, Karl Marxovskaya and Malaya Sedminukha in the outskirts of Kherson, and all were repelled. Ukrainian forces attacks.
Konashenkov explained that as a result of inflicting losses on the enemy by Russian units, during this counterattack, more than 240 Ukrainian soldiers were eliminated and 12 tanks, 14 armored fighting vehicles, eight special vehicles and four artillery units were destroyed.
Konashenkov added that the operational-tactical air force, army aviation, rocket-propelled grenades and artillery continued to destroy 54 artillery units in their positions, gathering centers of manpower and military equipment in 174 districts. And Novo Kamenka in the Kherson region and the city of Nikolaev, a communications center of the Ukrainian group of troops was destroyed in the town of Vyshoy Solonoy on the outskirts of Kharkov, and a Russian Aerospace Forces fighter plane shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 near the village of Chpaevka in the Zaporozhye region.
During the past 24 hours, 12 marches, including one of the Bayraktar TB2 air defense forces, were destroyed in the airspace of the towns of Novi Bug of the Nikolayev region, Proskinskoye, Visokoy, Carlo Marksovskoye, Cherivnoy in the Kherson region, Ivanovka, Yasnoy, Zilonigay, Yevgenovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, and Berestovoy in the Donetsk People's Republic. The Kharkov and Noigorovka region of the Lugansk People's Republic, in addition, 21 HIMARS missiles were dropped over the towns of Ilovaisk in the Donetsk People's Republic, Novaya Kakhovka, Nikolskoye and the Kakhovskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant, as well as a Tochka ballistic missile or in the Chervony Mayak area on the outskirts Kherson.
Konashenkov stressed that since the beginning of the special military operation, a total of 316 aircraft, 158 helicopters, 2,176 drones, 379 anti-aircraft missile systems, 5,494 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 866 multiple launcher combat vehicles, 3,457 pieces of field artillery and mortars, and 6,395 military vehicles have been destroyed. especially.
In a related context, Konashenkov noted that despite the presence of representatives of the International Atomic Energy Agency at the nuclear power plant in Zaporozhye, the Kyiv regime continues its provocations in order to create a threat of humanitarian disaster, as the city of Energodar and the area adjacent to the nuclear power plant were bombed twice during the whole day, By the Ukrainian armed forces, with Grad-type rocket launchers, a total of 15 missiles were launched from the vicinity of the town of Marganets in the Ukrainian-controlled Dnipropetrovsk region.
Konashenkov added: As a result of the Ukrainian missile bombing of the industrial zone, the electric power transmission line, which provides the station's energy supply needs to the city of Energodar, was disrupted.
Konashenkov pointed out that the enemy's fire was suppressed by Russian artillery fire, and now backup diesel generators are used to ensure the operation of the nuclear power plant.
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