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The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that its armed forces had completely liberated the towns of Belogorovka and Berchi Travnya in the Donetsk People's Republic, eliminating up to 50 Ukrainian soldiers, destroying four armored fighting vehicles, three self-propelled artillery platforms, and six special military vehicles.
The ministry’s spokesperson, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, said in a briefing today: “In the direction of Kobyansk, the Ukrainian forces, using forces from tactical groups and a tank company, tried to attack the positions of the Russian forces in the vicinity of Novoselovskoye in the Luhansk People’s Republic, and as a result of the losses incurred, the units of the Ukrainian forces were returned to their initial positions,” adding: up to 50 Ukrainian soldiers were eliminated, ten tanks, an infantry fighting vehicle, two armored personnel carriers, a self-propelled artillery structure, and a special military vehicle were destroyed.
The spokesman added: Three tactical groups of the Ukrainian forces, reinforced with tanks, tried in the direction of Krasno-Limansk to attack the positions of the Russian forces in the suburbs of Ploshanka, Chervonopopovka and Jitlovka in the Luhansk People's Republic, and they were defeated by artillery fire, army air strikes and decisive actions of the Russian forces, and the units of the Ukrainian forces were restored To their original positions, and as a result of a firefight from various weapons, the enemy's losses in this direction amounted to more than 40 Ukrainian soldiers, a tank, four infantry fighting vehicles, and one cargo vehicle packed with ammunition.
The spokesman stated that, during a full day, three tactical groups of a company of Ukrainian forces in the direction of southern Donetsk tried to attack the positions of the Russian forces in the vicinity of the towns of Novomikhaylovka, Novodonetskoye, and Novoselka in the Donetsk People's Republic, and as a result of the damage caused by the fire and the active actions of the Russian units, the counterattacks were repulsed, The enemy was routed to its initial positions, killing more than 50 Ukrainian soldiers and destroying two infantry fighting vehicles, two armored personnel carriers, an armored car and four military vehicles.
Konashenkov added: The Russian operational and tactical aviation, army aviation, missile forces and artillery destroyed 97 artillery units of the Ukrainian forces in their bases, manpower and military equipment gathering centers in 157 districts, and in the outskirts of the city of Dnepropetrovsk a large depot of missiles and artillery weapons of the (Khrutitsa) group of the group was destroyed. For the Ukrainian forces, the Himars and Oragan missile launcher system and ammunition stored for air marches were destroyed.
Konashenkov confirmed that near the towns of Minkovka and Chasov Yar in the Donetsk People's Republic, two US-made anti-battery radar stations (ANTBQ37) were destroyed, in addition to that in the village of Toritsk in the Donetsk People's Republic, the command center and communication center of the 1st Brigade of Forces were destroyed. In addition, an ammunition depot for the 60th Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian forces near Primorskoye in the Zaporozhye region was destroyed.
The spokesman pointed out that the Russian air defense media shot down a fighter plane (Su-25) of the Ukrainian Air Force over the village of Artemovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic, and also destroyed eight drones in the airspace of Stepno, Yegorovka, Vladimirovka and Krasnaya Polyana in the Donetsk People's Republic, Golikovo and Jitlovka in the Luhansk People's Republic, Priutnoye and Sladskaya. Balka in the Zaporozhye region. In addition, eight HIMARS rocket launchers were intercepted over the towns of Mostki in the Luhansk People's Republic, Melitopol in the Zaporozhye region, Amvrosivka and Debaltseve in the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as an Olkha missile over Pokrovka in Donetsk.
Konashenkov stated that since the beginning of the special military operation, a total of 334 fighters, 177 helicopters, 2,589 marches, 391 anti-aircraft missile systems, 6,903 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 904 combat vehicles including rocket launchers, 3,634 field artillery and mortars, in addition to 7,424 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed. .
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