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The Russian Ministry of Defense announced in a statement today that its armed forces eliminated hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers, shot down a Mi-8 helicopter, and destroyed several vehicles, combat equipment and ammunition depots belonging to the Ukrainian forces.
The ministry's statement on the progress of the special military operation stated:
In the direction of Kobyansk:
Active attacks of Russian units and artillery fire of a group of forces of the Western Military District resulted in the defeat of clusters of manpower and military equipment of Ukrainian forces in the vicinity of Novoselovskoye in Lugansk, Dvorchnaya, Krakhmalnoya and Olchana of the Kharkov region, eliminated 65 Ukrainian servicemen, destroyed two armored fighting vehicles, five military vehicles and a combat vehicle of two launchers (grad).
In the direction of the Krasnolymansk axis:
Artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the Russian Central Region Forces Group hit enemy units in the Chervonaya Dibrova and Kozmino regions of Lugansk, and over the past hours more than 100 Ukrainian soldiers were eliminated, three armored fighting vehicles, four pickup trucks, a Grad launcher combat vehicle and two artillerymen were destroyed. Field (D20) and self-propelled gun (Gvozdica).
And in the direction of Donetsk:
During the offensive operations and under the pressure of artillery fire by the forces of the Russian Southern Military District, up to 135 soldiers of the Ukrainian forces were eliminated, and two HIMARS missile launchers, three tanks, three armored fighting vehicles, eight special military vehicles and two D20 howitzers were destroyed. ) and another (D30) and a self-propelled howitzer (Gvozdica), in addition to an anti-battery radar (ANTBQ50) of American manufacture, and an ammunition depot for the 54th mechanized brigade was destroyed near the village of Verkhno-Kamenskaya in Donetsk.
The statement added: The missile and artillery forces of the Russian forces bombed the command posts of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian forces in the Avdiivka region, the 72nd mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian forces in the Oglesporochnaya region, and the 102nd regional defense brigade in the Malinovka region of the Donetsk People's Republic, in addition to destroying 92 artillery units at launch sites. Fire and gathering centers of manpower and military equipment in the 118th district and destruction of a storehouse of fuel and lubricants for military equipment near the city of Poltava.
And in the directions south of Donetsk and Zaporizhia:
Artillery fire from the Russian Eastern Region Forces Group bombed units of the Ukrainian forces in the vicinity of Oglidar and Brchestovka in Donetsk, and the enemy losses in this region during the past twenty-four hours amounted to more than 55 Ukrainian soldiers, including dead and wounded, four armored fighting vehicles and two military vehicles, in addition to artillery ( D20) and (D30).
And in the direction of Kherson:
During the past hours, as a result of an anti-battery battle, an Acacia self-propelled howitzer and another Msta-B cannon were destroyed. Four ammunition depots for the 123rd and 126th Regional Defense Brigade were destroyed in the Dudchani and Berislav locations on the outskirts of the city.
And in the Luhansk People's Republic:
Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter near the village of Doroshovka in the Kharkov region, in addition to intercepting four missiles from (HIMARS) missile launchers and destroying 20 Ukrainian drones over Stelmakhovka and Zhivotenvoye in Luhansk, Aleksandrovka, Novomayorskoye and Vladimirovka in Donetsk and Konovalova. Yablokovo in the Zaporozhye region, Kalanchak in the Kherson region, and Kislovka in the Kharkov region.
According to the statement, since the beginning of the special military operation, 385 fighters, 209 helicopters, 3,152 marches, 404 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,891 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,024 combat vehicles including rocket launchers, 4,111 units of field guns and mortars, as well as 8,407 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.
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