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The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that its forces continued to carry out offensive operations and advance on the axes of Donetsk, southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye, noting that 170 Ukrainian soldiers were killed on several axes during the past day.
The outcome of the operations, according to the ministry’s statement, was as follows:
In the direction of Kobyansk:
The artillery of the Russian forces inflicted casualties on the manpower and equipment of the units of the 14th and 92nd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian forces in the vicinity of Timkovka and Kruglyakovka in the Kharkov region, during which more than 35 Ukrainian soldiers were eliminated, and an armored combat vehicle and two special military vehicles were destroyed.
On the Krasno-Limansky axis:
The artillery of the Russian forces targeted the units of the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade in the Novogorovka region of the Luhansk People's Republic, and the losses of the Ukrainian forces during a full day in this direction amounted to 40 soldiers, four armored fighting vehicles and three special military vehicles.
In the direction of Donetsk:
Russian forces killed more than 70 Ukrainian soldiers, destroyed a tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, two combat vehicles with “Grad” launchers and a howitzer, and destroyed an American-made anti-battery radar “NTBQ50”.
In the directions south of Donetsk and Zaporozhye:
Units of the Russian forces launched successful offensive operations, inflicting losses on the units of the 1st Tank Brigade of the Ukrainian forces in the Ogludar region of the Republic of Donetsk, as well as the units of the 102nd Regional Defense Brigade near Uspinovka in the Zaporozhye region. The total losses of these forces in these areas amounted to 25 soldiers, two armored fighting vehicles and a howitzer. , as well as Gvozdica self-propelled artillery.
In the direction of Kherson:
Russian forces destroyed a Gvozdica self-propelled artillery base and a warehouse full of artillery ammunition.
The ministry stated that the Russian operational and tactical aviation, missile and artillery forces bombed Ukrainian forces at firing positions and gathering centers for manpower and military equipment in 138 districts, while Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter in the Zaporozhye region, and two drones in the Lugansk People's Republic, and intercepted Four missiles from the Himars and Uragan multiple rocket launchers in the Donetsk People's Republic, and two American Harm anti-radar missiles in the Kherson region.
Since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:
381 fighters.
205 helicopters.
2,982 marches.
402 anti-aircraft missile system.
7,679 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles.
997 combat vehicles of missile launchers.
3962 field and mortar artillery pieces.
8226 units of special military vehicles.
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