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The Russian Ministry of Defense announced in a statement today that the Russian forces eliminated dozens of Ukrainian soldiers and Polish mercenaries, destroyed a number of American-made Himars missile launchers, and shot down a helicopter and five drones during yesterday's combat operations.
The statement stated: “As a result of the strikes with high-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the vicinity of Shevchenkovskoye and Grigorovskoye in the Zaporozhye region, five combat vehicles of American-made (HIMARS) and German-made (Mars 2) multiple rocket launchers were destroyed, in addition to the destruction of two vehicles of (HIMARS) launchers near From the town of Illichovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The statement added: More than 90 Polish mercenaries were eliminated in the suburbs of Borovskoye in the Kharkov region, and the Russian units continued during the past 24 hours to launch offensive operations with air bombardment and artillery fire on the Krasno-Limansky axis, during which more than 60 Ukrainian soldiers were eliminated and destroyed. Three of their infantry fighting vehicles and two of their special military vehicles.
In the direction of Kobyansk, the Russian forces eliminated, according to the statement, more than 70 Ukrainian soldiers, and destroyed two infantry fighting vehicles and three vehicles as a result of offensive strikes, army aviation and artillery fire on the areas of concentration of Ukrainian forces.
In the direction of Donetsk, the enemy made unsuccessful attempts to attack units of the Russian forces in the vicinity of Berestovoy in the Donetsk People's Republic. As a result of the concentrated shelling, three armored fighting vehicles and two pickup trucks were destroyed, and more than 50 Ukrainian soldiers were killed.
The statement indicated that the Ukrainian forces tried in southern Donetsk to attack Russian positions towards the town of Nikolskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic with the help of a tactical company, but the decisive actions of the Russian forces and artillery strikes led to the defeat of the units of the Ukrainian forces to their original positions after losing more than 30 Ukrainian soldiers and an infantry fighting vehicle. An armored personnel carrier and two military vehicles.
The statement indicated that the Russian operational and tactical aviation, army aviation, missile forces and artillery destroyed 93 artillery units of the Ukrainian forces in their bases and bombed the gathering centers of manpower and military equipment in 196 districts.
Also, according to the statement, near the village of Pechenegi in the Kharkov region, the Tochka-O tactical missile launcher was destroyed, and an American-made anti-battery radar (ANTPQ50) was destroyed in the outskirts of Delevka in the Donetsk People's Republic, while the air defense forces managed to shoot down A Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force over the town of Yakovlevka in the Donetsk People's Republic, in addition to destroying five drones in the airspace of Tabayevka in the Kharkov, Baranikovka, Krymenaya and Prostornoye regions of the Luhansk People's Republic.
According to the statement, fourteen projectiles were intercepted from the Himars, Olkha and Urugan multiple rocket launchers, and a Harm anti-radar missile near Novo-Petrikovka and Blagodatnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, Tokmak in the Zaporozhye region, and Novoye Zboriovka in the outskirts of Kherson.
According to the statement, since the beginning of the special military operation, 341 fighters, 181 helicopters, 2,643 marches, 392 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,030 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 920 combat vehicles including multiple rocket launchers, 3,668 field artillery and mortars, as well as 7,507 units of special military vehicles of the Ukrainian forces have been destroyed.
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