The Russian Defense Ministry announced the downing of two Su-25 and MiG-29 fighters of the Ukrainian Air Force, as well as a Mi-8 helicopter, in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
This is stated during the daily briefing on the conduct of hostilities on Monday, January 9, as part of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine, where the ministry continued to report that the armed forces inflicted accumulated fire damage on the points of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the regions the cities of Sinkovka, Kislovka and Berestovoye in the Kharkiv and Novoselsky districts of the Luhansk People’s Republic.
Also, an enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group was liquidated in the Kharkov region, and the irretrievable losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction amounted to more than 50 military personnel, two infantry fighting vehicles and three vehicles.
In the direction of Krasnoliman, air strikes and artillery fire destroyed enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Stelmakhovka, Nevskoye and Grigorovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Lozovaya in the Kharkiv region, more than 60 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 combat armored vehicles. and 3 pickups were eliminated.
In the Donetsk direction, Russian troops continued offensive operations, while the formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered complex fire damage throughout the entire section of the line of contact, and the enemy’s losses over the past day amounted to more than 80 soldiers, 3 infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers and 4 vehicles.
In the direction south of Donetsk, Russian units carried out fire bombardment of points of concentration of manpower and military equipment in the area of the city of Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic, and also destroyed two sabotage and reconnaissance groups. of the Armed Forces of Ukraine north of the settlements of Pavlovka and Shevchenko in the Donetsk People’s Republic, where more than 40 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and 3 pickup trucks were liquidated over the past day.
89 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions and areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the enemy in 126 areas were bombed by the forces of operational and tactical aviation, missile forces and artillery.
In the districts of Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic and Lozovaya of the Kharkiv region, 3 warehouses of ammunition, rocket and artillery weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
During counter-battery battles in the Donetsk People’s Republic, two American-made AN / TPQ-50 anti-battery radar stations were destroyed.
Also, two Polish-made Crab self-propelled guns, two Ukrainian Acacias and a D-30 DPR howitzer were destroyed.
In addition, an Mi-8 helicopter was shot down near the town of Virolyubovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
Over the past day, air defense systems destroyed 8 drones in the Luhansk People’s Republic and Kharkiv region, and also intercepted 10 missiles from Himars and Uragan launchers in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Zaporozhye region.
In general, since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, the following have been destroyed:
367 aircraft
200 helicopters
2856 drones
400 anti-aircraft missile systems
7460 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles
972 multiple launch rocket systems
3,793 field artillery and mortar rounds
7978 special military vehicles
Source: Russian Ministry of Defense.