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The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that its forces eliminated 135 Ukrainian soldiers and mercenaries in various regions, and shot down a Ukrainian Su-24 fighter in the Donetsk People's Republic and an Mi-8 helicopter in the Kharkov region, and 14 drones in several regions.
The ministry said in its daily statement: The Russian aviation and artillery of the Western Military District in the direction of Kobyansk inflicted heavy losses on units of the 103rd Regional Defense Brigade in the vicinity of Berestovoy in the Kharkov region.
The ministry added that more than 35 Ukrainian soldiers were killed, an armored combat vehicle and two military vehicles were destroyed, in addition to the destruction of an artillery ammunition depot for Ukrainian forces near the village of Olshana in Kharkov region.
The ministry indicated that on the Krasnolymansky axis, artillery fire from the Central Military District defeated units of the Territorial Defense Brigade No. 111 in the Torskoye and Terni regions of the Donetsk People's Republic, and more than 20 Ukrainian soldiers, an infantry fighting vehicle and a D-20 howitzer were killed, in addition to an anti-radar. For batteries (ANBTQ-37) American made.
The ministry pointed out that “in the direction of Donetsk, the Dvorijye region in the Donetsk People’s Republic was liberated, and the losses among the Ukrainian forces amounted to 50 dead and wounded soldiers, two armored fighting vehicles, three pickup trucks, in addition to two howitzers (D-20 and D-20). 30).
And the ministry added: “An artillery ammunition depot belonging to the Ukrainian forces was destroyed near the village of Vodianoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, and an American-made anti-battery radar (ANBTQ-37) was destroyed near the village of Malinovka.
According to the statement, “In the direction of Zaporozhye, the units of the Eastern Military District captured contact lines and more useful positions, and within a full day they eliminated more than 30 militants, and destroyed two armored fighting vehicles, two pickup trucks and self-propelled howitzers of the Acacia and D-20 model.
The ministry added: The operational and tactical aviation, missile forces and artillery of the combined groups of forces of the Russian Armed Forces targeted the command center of the separate battalion of the 36th Territorial Defense Brigade in the Kotlyarovka region of the Donetsk People's Republic, and also bombed 67 artillery units at firing positions and gathering centers for manpower and equipment. military in 95 provinces.
The ministry indicated that a fighter plane belonging to the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Su-24 plane of the Ukrainian Air Force near the village of Vladimirovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, and the Russian air defense media also shot down a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force near the village of Lozovaya. Kharkov region.
According to the ministry's statement, 14 Ukrainian drones were shot down in the airspace of Kovalivka, Krymenaya, Naogolnoye, Novovodyanoye, Ploshanka, Nizorino, Zmievka, Chervonopopovka in the Luhansk People's Republic, as well as in the area of Vu Kazankovatoy in the suburbs of Zaporozhye and Blagodatnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, and three projectiles were intercepted from Himars and Uragan missile launchers, as well as Intercepting a Harm anti-radar missile over Vasilievka and Grozovoye on the outskirts of Zaporozhye.
According to the statement, since the beginning of the special military operation, 375 combat aircraft, 203 helicopters, 2,922 marches, 401 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,589 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 985 combat vehicles including multiple rocket launchers, 3,883 field artillery units and mortars, as well as 8,128 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.
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